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Strong, Not Perfect: What That Actually Means There’s a version of homemaking that gets pushed everywhere, whether people realize it or not. It’s calm, everything looks clean, routines fall into place, and somehow the day moves forward without much resistance. It’s the kind of life that looks really good from the outside. And for a…

What I Wish I Knew Before Homeschooling Before I started homeschooling, I had a very specific picture in my head of what it would look like. It was structured, calm, and productive. The kind of environment where everything flowed the way it was supposed to. And to be fair, there are moments where it does…

How I Structure My Day as a Mom + Business Owner I used to think the only way to stay on top of everything was to have a perfectly planned schedule. Every hour mapped out, everything accounted for, no wasted time. That sounds good in theory, but it doesn’t hold up very well when you…

I think somewhere along the way, many of us quietly started believing our homes had to look perfect to be meaningful. Perfect organization, perfect routines, on point decor, perfect holidays, and perfect motherhood. Listen, while I love a cozy home as much as anyone else, I have been realizing lately that the things my children…

Dear Readers, There is something ironic about running a page called The Strong Homemaker while quietly feeling like you have completely lost yourself. Life got heavy, life got hard. Between motherhood, marriage, our move to Las Vegas, homeschooling, starting a business, stress, and just trying to hold everything together…I stopped showing up here. Moving to…

Somewhere along the way, I stopped recognizing myself. It didn’t happen all at once, it wasn’t dramatic–it was slow. It happened through responsibility, survival mode, through constantly being needed by someone else. I became a wife young, then a caregiver, and then a mother….then a homeschool teacher…then a business owner…and now I am pregnant with…