08/24/2026
I almost walked away from all of this.
Two months ago, I lost my mom. And in the weeks after, Instagram, my business, my community, all of it felt like something from another life. I didn't have the bandwidth to show up. Some days I wondered if I even had it in me to do this again.
Grief has a way of stripping everything down to what actually matters. But it wasn't just the grief. Almost overnight, I had my mom's responsibilities to carry, I became a full-time caregiver for my dad, and I was still trying to be fully present as a mom to my son. Something had to give, and for a while, I genuinely thought this was going to be it.
But somewhere in the last few weeks, something shifted. A little light came back in. A little room to breathe. And when I sat with it, I realized this work isn't separate from my healing, it's part of it.
Here's the thing. Talking to you, this community of women thinking about or living out solo motherhood, lights something up in me that nothing else does. Because I am you. I know what it's like to lie awake wondering if you can really do this on your own. I know what it's like to make a hard decision with no one beside you to talk it through with in real time. I know the specific kind of alone that comes with choosing this path.
And even while I'm carrying all of this, I don't want you carrying your own uncertainty about becoming a mom on your own terms alone.
So I'm back. Not because I have it all figured out, but because this is where I'm supposed to be, and because you deserve someone in your corner who actually gets it.
Have you ever had to step away from something you loved because life demanded everything from you, and find your way back to it? Drop a comment below, I'd genuinely love to hear your story.
