• The First Time Prayer Came Back One Verse at a Time

    June 9, 2026

    There’s a kind of tired in motherhood that makes even talking to God feel too big. You still love Him. You still want to be the woman who opens her Bible and feels something other than the sudden urge to close her eyes for fourteen seconds. But then the baby cries, or spits up down the inside of your shirt in a place you can’t reach while holding her. And prayer becomes one more thing you miss. One more part of yourself you thought would follow you into motherhood, only to realize it got buried somewhere between the burp cloths,…

  • The First Time You Realize Your Mom Was Tired Too

    April 27, 2026

    There are certain motherhood moments that don’t announce themselves as life-changing. They don’t come with soft lighting or a meaningful soundtrack. No one is standing nearby with a camera saying, “This is going to alter your entire perspective on your childhood.” Sometimes it happens while you’re standing at the sink. Again. Washing dishes. Again. For the third time that day. I was a single mom with a toddler underfoot, doing the regular daily survival dance of snacks, dishes, diapers, crumbs, questions, spills, and more dishes somehow. On top of that, I was helping care for my mom while she recovered…