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joy, true gratitude and delight are all rooted in the reality that this world and its trouble have been overcome already. I don’t want to “at least” my way around any of the journey to seeing that truth face to face. 🫶🏻

1.12.26

a cozy corner just hits different in the winter ✨

we moved into this home a year and a half ago. it feels like a completely different place than the home we moved into—room by room, it’s turned a little more into a space that reflects an

little glimmers of joy from every month of 2025 ✨

blown away by God’s goodness / how quickly last year went & how much was packed into 12 short months / all that is to come in this new year !!

1.1.26

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Overwhelmed in the little years?

It’s 6am. Someone is already calling your name. A breakfast order has been placed, iPad time has been requested, and your eyes are not even open. Then you’re putting concealer under your eyes while little hands try to stuff a towel into the toilet, digging a shirt out of your closet without looking too closely at how many stains are on it, and just about to buckle everyone into the car when all tarnation breaks loose because someone’s socks are the wrong color. A diaper loses a fight with a blowout. Snack decisions are changed seven times. Suddenly, a nap window is about to be missed, your stomach is reminding you that coffee is not breakfast, you’re late for the first plans with friends that you’ve made in a month, and oh, the pile of laundry you just noticed again seems like it might just swallow you whole.

Overwhelmed? Well, yeah.

These early years of motherhood are no joke. Decision fatigue, loneliness, self-doubt, and brand-new challenges that we’ve never even heard of can be really overwhelming, whether we stay home with our babes full-time or spend some of our hours at a job. But what if I told you: the trenches where we feel like we’re sinking can actually be an invitation to joy?

The places where we feel completely in over our head are exactly the places where the Lord meets us. The Creating Joy Workshop is all about that truth and what it looks like spiritually & practically to live with lasting joy in the middle of a season just like yours.

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