Motherhood Edit
Welcome to Motherhood Edit—a quiet space for refining the rhythms of parenting with grace, intention, and resilience. Here, you’ll find curated routines, wellness reflections, and gentle edits that honor both the chaos and the beauty of raising children. It’s motherhood, softened and shaped to fit the life you’re growing.
Parenting Through Illness: What I Told My Children
Parenting through illness is not a story of grand declarations—it’s a quiet choreography of care. In this post, I share how we navigated a season of diagnosis and recovery with gentleness, honesty, and the kind of love that adapts. From naming without burdening to asking for help with grace, this is a reflection on how we held our children close while the ground shifted beneath us—and how healing unfolded in small, sacred ways.
Cancer Recovery & Motherhood: Teaching Emotional Resilience to Little Ones
Parenting through serious illness is a quiet kind of courage. In this post, I share how cancer recovery reshaped my approach to motherhood—slowing our rhythm, deepening our rituals, and teaching my daughter emotional resilience through gentle honesty and connection. Healing, I’ve learned, is something we do together.
My Diagnosis Story: The Day Everything Changed
On December 17, 2024, I heard the words that changed everything: “You have a mass.” This is my diagnosis story—of fear, resilience, and the start of a healing journey. From waiting through the Christmas holidays for answers while putting on a happy face for my children to facing kidney cancer surgery, I share my story in hopes that no one walking this path feels alone.
Ashes & Wildflowers: A Name Forged in Survival and Growth
Ashes & Wildflowers isn’t just a name—it’s a story. A reflection of survival, motherhood, and the quiet beauty that blooms in unexpected places. In this post, I share the meaning behind the name, the journey through cancer and into healing, and the daily rhythms that shape my life as a single mom of three. If you’re navigating your own season of change, may this space feel like a garden—messy, magical, and full of growth.