Enough
Life’s messy, complicated, and often unpredictable—and it’s in that mess where community becomes essential. This is the place where you’ll find stories about the people who walk beside us through all the chaos, confusion, and hard moments, reminding us that we don’t have to face life’s challenges alone.
Sometimes community means laughing until you cry, sometimes it’s sitting quietly through the tough stuff, and sometimes it’s the brave act of inviting someone in when you’re tempted to shut the door.
In the mess of life—the tangled, messy, beautiful chaos—community is the steady hand that holds yours. Here, you’ll find stories of shared struggles, quiet strength, and the fierce friendship that blooms when we dare to invite someone into our imperfect lives. Because even when the road feels rough, it’s softer when walked together.
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Putting Myself First: The Closet Cleanout Confidential
Tackling a closet cleanout isn’t just about clothes—it’s about making space for me. Join me as I put myself back on the list Read more
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The Year of Enough: Setting Realistic Goals for Real-Life Growth
The Mess: New Year’s Resolutions Here’s why mine always fail. They are overly ambitious. Burn out and failure lie ahead, but I want to make this the year of enough. I’m guilty of this in my professional life. My mantra was always I will work harder. But working harder doesn’t always yield fruition. Sometimes it… Read more
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Finding Peace During Christmas Chaos: Embrace the Magic
The Mess: Christmas Shopping. Tis the season for stressed out women trying to make the Christmas magic happen for everyone. My goal this season was to find peace during the Christmas chaos. This year I was determine to get all the business and busyness of Christmas shopping over and done with early so I could… Read more
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Don’t Burn the House Down: Balancing Perfectionism and Reality
The Mess: Feeling Like I’m Not Doing Enough You know that running list of things you have to do that never seem to get done. That never-ending to-do list feels especially overwhelming when my husband is on shift. There’s this added pressure to do everything spectacularly so the girls won’t notice that he is gone.… Read more
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Finding Balance in Life and Temptation: The Candy Dilemma
Finding Balance in The Mess: Too Much Candy The Mess: Too much halloween candy. Just kidding…but seriously. Since having kids, we always seem to have an abundance of candy in the house. When I taught high school it was easy to get rid of. I would take all the extra candy and use it to… Read more
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Finding Balance and Peace: Self-Care During Transitions
To fix today’s mess, we are going to explore self-care during transitions and not in the way you might think. The Mess: Shift Work and Constant Transitions The Mess: The terrible tightness that constricts my chest towards the evening when my husband is at work. Shift work, like I’ve talked about before, is insane. It… Read more
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Clueless with Comparison Fatigue
Today’s mess: comparison fatigue and the gut-sinking feeling of not being enough. I’m a firm believer that almost anything can be overcome with personal growth and learning, but it is hard to get there. Understanding Comparison Fatigue: The Silent Confidence Killer It is easy to scroll through social media in the comfort of your own home… Read more
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Taking Action in the Face of Procrastination
Caution. Potty talk ahead. Not swear words, but a literal problem with the toilet in my bathroom. Yes, that’s right. Today’s mess is the clogged toilet in my bathroom. Not disgusting, but inconveniently overfilled with toilet paper. I won’t go into the details of how it got that way because I’m sure you’ve all experienced… Read more
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Building Better Boundaries
The Chickens Need Water Featuring my sweet little hens, vicious villainous rooster, and my attempt at building better boundaries. Loretta Lynn and Scarlett O’Hara are the sweetest little hens that you ever did see. Why Loretta and Scarlett? My grandmother absolutely loved Loretta Lynn’s life story. I wanted a daily reminder not of only my… Read more