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Happy Saturday, friends!
I hope you had a beautiful week. This week has been a blend of work, rest, and play for me. Since my parents arrived, I’ve been making it my mission to soak in as much work time and rest time as possible while they’re here.
On Monday, I was grateful to sneak away to the coffee shop for a few hours to get some work done, and on Wednesday, I published the first podcast episode in over a year, all about knowing your season.
In this episode of The Life Designer Podcast, we're talking about knowing your season—not just identifying it, but honoring it. Whether you're in a season of rebuilding, resting, planting, or waiting, I hope this conversation meets you with the gentleness and clarity your heart needs.
This episode feels especially timely, as it captures what’s been on my heart lately while navigating transitions that have stretched across the past few years. Like nature, life and spiritual seasons are cyclical, each with their own time and characteristics. While that cycle and timeframe might not always be clear to us, they are fully known by an omniscient, omnipotent God who is sovereign over it all. Even when we don’t understand the season we’re in, we can lean into His guidance, trusting that He will give us the strength, wisdom, and grace to navigate it.
Whether you find yourself in a spring, summer, fall, or winter season, I pray this episode encourages you to grow fully right where you are. 🌿
Glimpses of Grace 🌤️
As I shared above, this week, I had a rare moment to slip away to a coffee shop and get some work done — the first time in I don't know how long. I was so grateful my parents were watching the kids, but even with that gift, I couldn't quite shake the exhaustion and overwhelm that followed me out the door.
As I sat there trying to plan, a wave of grief caught me off guard — grief that this couldn’t be part of my normal rhythm, grief for how tired I felt even sitting there, fighting to find energy after so many compounded days. I could feel the tears welling up from the time I was getting ready, and they finally spilled over after a quick check-in with a dear friend.
Later, sitting in the Sam’s Club parking lot after running errands, I just let myself cry and release some of the heaviness I had been carrying. This season had been stretching me in ways I didn't expect, but even there, in the hidden places of my grief and weariness, God met me. He gave me the grace to breathe, to keep going, and to carry home the reminder that I wasn’t carrying it alone.
The Joy List ✨
Spending Easter together as a family. Most Sundays, I’m flying solo at church, doing my best to wrangle the kids, so we can get out of the house and make it to church on time. I was thankful to spend Easter service at church with my parents in tow. We attended service, the kids ransacked their Easter baskets, and I was spoiled later that evening with my mom’s cooking. What a wonderful Resurrection Sunday.
Going on a solo coffee shop date for the first time in months. Sundays used to be the days when I would occassionally get out of the house for a solo date while my husband was off, but since we’ve found a church, I’ve done them less and less, as I don’t like to cram too much on top of the errands I typically run while he’s off. On Monday, I went to the coffee to catch up on some work. As I sipped my coffee and soaked in the silence, I almost cried. These days, it’s rare that I get moments to myself. It was what my soul truly needed in that moment.
Daily walks around the neighborhood. Since my parents have been in town, I’ve been taking daily walks around my neighborhood — sometimes solo and sometimes with my Dad — and they’ve been so good for my soul.
Showing my parents our mainstays. This week I got to take my parents to the library, waterfront, and our favorite park over here on Blythe Island, enjoying as much family time as possible.
“That’s because my days are full. I am full. My head is full of to-dos. My mind is full of ideas. My heart is full of love and desire to pour my best into the people, the projects — the work the Lord has set before me.
Wherever you find yourself this week — whether you're stepping into a new beginning, standing in the middle of transition, or feeling the weight of waiting — take heart. God is sovereign over your seasons, even when the path ahead feels unclear. You don’t have to have it all figured out to trust that He is guiding you with grace.
🌿 "He has made everything beautiful in its time." — Ecclesiastes 3:11
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