It was the summer of 2025 and I was absolutely not well. Our family (my husband, our two together, and I) had been in Kentucky for a year after moving from Washington State in 2024, and boy what a year it had been! My husband had gone through a series of health difficulties, with a nasty sunburn (that he probably should have gone to the doctor for), a worst-case scenario of Hand, Foot, and Mouth (search engine photos have nothing on what he endured) and appendicitis that resu

As a mom, I have had to learn that I can’t save my creativity for later. I’m not going to wait for the perfect time to do a creative project because those moments seldom come. I have however found that there are a handful of ways I can be more creative more often, and I’d like to share them with you.

So many adults (especially moms) say that they have no idea what they like or enjoy because they’re just trying to get through the season they’re in, or they never took the time to figure it out in the first place. This is a sad and dire situation, because I don’t think we truly understand what we give up when we forget the little tasks of daily life that bring us a sense of joy.