There are moments in early motherhood when the house is loud, but your heart feels painfully lonely. You are needed constantly, touched constantly, called for constantly, yet somehow you are still invisible. You love your baby more than you knew possible… but you’re exhausted, isolated, craving adult conversation, craving assurance that you’re doing this right, and craving quiet. Beneath all these feelings, you are craving God. I’m still walking through these days. Rocking my baby to sleep...

Feeling overwhelmed with the task before you? Do you feel like quitting before you even start? Have you ever felt that task before you was too hard to complete? Or maybe God placed an idea in your heart and you want to finish ‘quick’ to move on to the next thing? Or maybe just feel afraid at the task that’s laying before you? I certainly have. I’ve found myself saying things like, ‘I can’t do this,’ ‘I’m not qualified,’ ‘I’m just overwhelmed.’ These thoughts seemed to grow stronger as we...

I’m so glad you’re here. I’m Juanita– a wife, mother, and a faith-filled author whose writing was shaped by personal hardship and the transforming revelation of God’s Word. My heart is for young mothers who are navigating this sacred and stretching season of life. As a mother myself, I know what it feels like to carry joy and weariness at the same time– to love deeply and still long for rest, clarity, and spiritual refreshment. It was in these very season that I discovered something...