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Are you new here?? 🥰 Wondering …..”Who am I?”
Well, a Daughter. Sister. Christ follower. Married. Domestic Violence Survivor. Divorcee. Single Mom. Military Wife. Mother-in-Law. Nana.

These are not just titles……they are chapters of my story. 😇 Each one carries moments of joy, pain, resilience, and transformation. Together, they have shaped me into the woman I am today.

Maybe you see yourself in some of these words. 🤗 Maybe your journey has been different, but the emotions behind them feel familiar. The truth is, no single title defines us. We are the sum of our experiences, and every chapter…..good or bad…..holds the power to shape a stronger, more fulfilled version of ourselves. 🌟

I am here to guide and empower you as you Embrace your own NEW chapter. 💝 Whether you’re facing change……searching for purpose…..or reclaiming your strength….you don’t have to do it alone. 🥰Your story is still being written…….let’s make it one of growth, faith, and transformation. Don

Are you ready to step 🌉 into your NEW chapter? Let’s walk this journey together.🙏🏻 by @_themomshift

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2 years ago

For years, being needed was part of how you knew
you mattered.

Then they grew up… and nobody really prepared us for what that shift could feel like. ❤️‍🩹

I’ve been thinking a LOT about this season lately.

And I think it’s time we start talking about what comes next!
#embraceyournewchapter #emptynesterlife #theylaunchedwhatsnext #retiredlife #momofbigs by @_themomshift

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a month ago

How I make my kids feel when, I walk into their home matters to me!! 🥰

I NEVER want my boys or their wives to feel pressured….

“Hide the laundry.”
“Clean faster.”
“Act like we’re fine.”
“Mom’s coming… brace yourself.” 🫣

That would break 💔 my heart!

I want for them to feel safe, when I am around.
Safe enough to be honest!
Feel like they can be themselves!!! 🤗
We can laugh and know love is stronger with openness.

Openness is the key! 🔑 I survived being a boy-mom without having it all together, and maybe a little mess.😘

#MomOfGrownBoys #MotherInLawLife #AdultChildren #EmptyNestMom #FamilyOverPerfecion by @_themomshift

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4 months ago

Does Mother’s Day feel different this year?
Is this the part we don’t always say out loud. 🫣

I want us to remember, that 2 things can be true….

We can be grateful…
and still feel alone.

We can love ❤️ them deeply…
and still miss the way things used to be.

My heart remembers…. the noodle necklaces……..handmade cards…….sticky fingers….. breakfast 🥞 in bed…… noisy mornings……little voices.
And then just like that life changes.

Is the house is quieter now.
Were you waiting for the phone to ring?
Did the plans changed?
Maybe we are holding on to expectations?

And of course the comparison. 🙄 Social media feeds right into to it….
Flowers……Brunch……Family photos…..Captions about being spoiled.
The why not me… the quiet hurt.

So if Mother’s Day feels different this year…
I see you, I feel you!

We can be thankful and sad.
Loved and lonely.
Proud and missing them.
Present and but still remembering.

It absolutely ….. does not make us dramatic. 🤷‍♀️
It does not make us ungrateful.

That makes us….. a Mom who is grieving what was, and embracing what is coming!

So today, let’s not compare our real life, to someone else’s post!!!

Instead breathe…… honor where we are….. and make room for what we feel.

A different Mother’s Day IS still a meaningful 💝Mother’s Day.

We are still Embracing our new chapter, journey.💕

#MothersDay #EmptyNestMom #AdultChildrenRelationships MidlifeMom #HonoringYourJourney by @_themomshift

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5 months ago

When déjà vu moments come, I have so many mixed emotions. 🤗

Years ago, he did a lot of preaching, in high school, college, and I would sit in the foyer and listen……. Not because I wasn’t proud. 🥰 Cause I Am very proud!!!

I just knew if he looked at my face and saw all the tears, emotion, and maybe a few 😳 shocked eyes (why are you bringing that up!!) it might throw him completely off track. 🤣

A couple of weeks ago, I was not in the foyer…..
I was thousands of miles away, watching him preach on a TV screen.

I might have been in a different seat, 💁🏼‍♀️ but had all the same emotions!

He preached passionately about loving our neighbor, people with no homes and 🧳 the labels we all carry.

Listening to him sharing a story about his daughter seeing a dandelion as a flower… while he had already learned to see it as a weed.

The plant, 🌱 it had not changed. The label had. WOW….. isn’t that what we do sometimes?

We have stopped seeing, 🙈 valueing the person, and only see the “label”
👉🏻 Homeless…..Difficult……Broken…Different….Too much, and so many more!

Jesus tells us to love our neighbor, there is no exception. 🥰

This sermon was eye opening. ❤️ Watching God work through him is priceless!

#proudMamaMoment #LoveYourNeighbor #FaithInAction #GodSeesPeople #emptynest by @_themomshift

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5 months ago

I came to watch my grandson play…….but I wasn’t prepared for the emotions that came with watching the coach. 💙

Seeing his high highs and low lows as the game went on…… watching how much he 🥰 cared…
watching him lead, push, encourage, and feel every moment right along with the team.

You see the Coach, it’s my Son!!!! So maybe I had a couple tears. 😭

There is so much love in watching my grandson play the game…
and another thing to watch your adult son pour his heart 💙 into coaching it.

These kind of moments stay with me. And if I am being honest……. maybe a little guilt.

😢 When he was the little boy on the field…….and I was in the thick of all the games, the running, and the chaos, I do not know that I fully appreciated it.

Good thing life has a funny way of bringing us back to the ballfield…… just with a full heart, and a louder voice!!!! 🤣

#ProudMama #BaseballNana #BoyMomHeart #BaseballLife #lovethisseason by @_themomshift

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6 months ago

There I go again… looking at Easter baskets and just like that, something cute and simple can hit this mama right in the heart.

Nobody warns us that an empty Easter basket can still feel full of memories. 🐣🥹 Because holidays do look different now.

The baskets are different.
The routines are different.
The noise is different.
And sometimes… our hearts feel different too.

We can be thankful for this season and still miss the old one.
We can smile at the memories and still feel tears in our eyes.
We can love watching our boys grow into their own lives and still miss the days of Easter candy, baskets, and all the fun little surprises.

I m learning ……. Two things can be true.

Maybe, that is the part more of us need to hear…

It is okay to not be okay.
On holidays especially, feelings can sneak up on us.
Memories can feel sweet and heavy at the same time.

That does not mean we are broken.
That does not mean we are ungrateful.
That just means we loved deeply… and still do. 💙

If Easter feels a little tender this year, 💗
you are not alone.

We are honoring the memories, feeling what is real, and embracing this new chapter one holiday at a time.

#EmbraceYourNewChapter #EmptyNestMom #EasterFeels #HolidayHeart #youarenotalonemama by @_themomshift

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6 months ago

Are we spending too much time waiting to LIVE until we look different? 💁🏼‍♀️

I think a lot of us do this without even realizing it.

We wait to wear the outfit.
We wait to take the picture.
We wait to show up.
We wait to feel better about ourselves first.

And somewhere in the middle of all that waiting…
we start putting pieces of our life on hold.

Remembering, life is not waiting on us to feel perfect.

Our bodies change.
Through stress.
Through hormones.
Through hard seasons.
Through healing.
Through life itself.

And yes, some of those changes are hard.

But what I do not want for us is to keep carrying the shame…..
To keep apologizing
To keep hiding
To keep shrinking
To keep acting like we need to become someone else before we are allowed to enjoy the life we have right now

🤍 We are still here.
🤍 We are still worthy.
🤍 We are still allowed to be seen.

This is the reminder we need in this season… we do not need to shrink, hide, or wait to be worthy of being seen. 💗

Yes, we need to care for ourselves.
Yes, we need to support our health.
Yes, we need habits that help us feel strong in this season.

Let’s do that from a place of honor… not shame.❤️

Embracing your 💛 new chapter also means refusing to miss your LIFE while waiting, growing.

Let’s stop ✋ waiting to LIVE until we “look” different.

💝 If this feels like your season to grow, heal, and show up more fully… I’d love to walk with you.

#EmbraceYourNewChapter #MidlifeWomen #HonoringYourJourney #NewChapterLiving #bodyconfidencemovement by @_themomshift

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6 months ago

I’m realizing healthy 💚 habits hit different in this season of life.

Not because I suddenly do not know what to do or because I do not care…. Instead, after years of taking care of everybody else…
it can feel strange 🤦🏼‍♀️ trying to find my way back to ME.

I believe that is part of what makes this midlife, empty nest season hard sometimes.

We look around at the quiet.
The change.
The rooms that feel different.

We can get so focused on what is not 💔 there anymore… that we forget we are still here.

The house may feel emptier… Guess what?? It is not empty.
💛 I am in it!
💛 You’re in it!

I GET IT!!! After so many years of putting “me” on the back burner, it may take a little time to remember what caring for ourselves even looks like.

That is why I believe “healthy habits” matter so much right now!!!

Not to become a different woman.
Not to prove something.
Not to create some perfect routine.

But to support the LIFE we still want to live ⬇️
The walk.
The water.
The rest.
The boundaries.
Time 😇 with God.
The food that fuels us.
The small choices that slowly make us feel stronger again.

Remember, thriving usually does not happen in one big moment.

It happens when we stop 🛑 only focusing on what changed around us…
and start gently paying attention to what still needs care within us.

Maybe, that is the work we need to do, here.
Not just adjusting to the quiet… also, learning how to come back to ourselves in it. 🥰

So, today is less about the empty 🏡 house… and more about the woman still living in it!

If you are feeling, wow this is me, 💗 I got you girl!!

#EmbraceYourNewChapter #HealthyHabits #ThrivingLife #EmptyNestSupport MidlifeGrowt by @_themomshift

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6 months ago

Nobody warned me that even simple decisions can feel heavier 🤦🏼‍♀️ after the kids move out.

When the kids move out, it’s not just the house that feels different…….. Decisions do too.

Things I used to answer quickly…
now make me stop and think longer.

Not because I suddenly don’t know what I’m doing.
Not because I’m less capable.

But because the structure I lived in for so long has changed. 🏡

For years, so many decisions were tied to family life…..Schedules…….Practices……Needs….. Appointments.
Who needed what and when.. who needed me 😢

Then, one day… that rhythm shifts….what used to be shared starts feeling empty, heavy. 😭 Have you felt it???

It’s Not wrong. It’s Not bad. Just… real.

I think that’s part of why this season can feel so strange.
We’re not only adjusting to the quiet.
We’re adjusting to carrying our lives in a different way.

And over time? It does get steadier. 💛
The weight starts to feel less overwhelming and more like “I got this!.”

But in the beginning….. let’s be honest, even sometimes afterwards, 🤍 it can feel like even small decisions have more emotion attached to them.

That does not mean we’re doing it wrong.
It means something shifted, we’re learning how to stand in a new kind of space. 💗

That’s part of embracing this new chapter, too!

Whenever you’re ready to walk through that shift with someone, I’m here. 💌☎️

#EmbraceYourNewChapter #EmptyNestLife #LifeAfterMotherhood #WomenInTransition HonoringYourJourney by @_themomshift

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6 months ago

“Bet you’re so glad to be home.” 🏡

It’s so quiet…….. TOO quiet. 😢 ….. If I am being honest, that part….. it’s hard for me.

As much as I miss my bed, 🛌 my routine…
I miss them.
I miss the noise.
I miss the chaos.
I miss hearing life all around me.

🏡 Coming home from our “Fall trip” stirs up all those feelings again.

The quiet….. Missing them…. A reminder that the house doesn’t sound like it used to.

Yes, it still hits me harder than I thought it would. 😭 Even brings tears to my eyes.

We don’t always talk about this part of empty nesting. 💁🏼‍♀️
We assume coming home just feels good.

But in this season….
💛 It can feel good and heavy, at the same time.
💛 It can feel comforting…
and still make your heart hurt.
……. somewhere in the middle of all that,
yes, I am glad to be home.

I’m also missing my kids.
Missing the full house.
Missing the beautiful chaos that used to fill the rooms.

Again, 2 things can be true. 💕

Maybe, that’s just part of honoring this season for what it really is. 🤗

#EmptyNestMom #EmbraceYourNewChapter #MissingMyKids #HonoringYourJourney #LifeAfterKids by @_themomshift

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6 months ago

My birthday falling on…..🌷 First day of spring, International Day of Happiness 🥰 AND Flamingo Friday 🦩….. WOW!!

It feels like a reflection of who I want to be and how I want to live.

Not perfect……Not pretending
Because life isn’t always easy.
BUT ……
🌸 Choosing joy anyway.
🌸 Choosing growth anyway.
🌸 Choosing gratitude anyway.
…. That’s whats important.

Spring always reminds me that new life can come after hard seasons.
Happiness reminds me that joy is strength.
And this 63rd birthday, 🎂 is a little reminder from God that life is …
still blooming, still stretching, still unfolding in so many beautiful ways.

I’m thankful for every lesson, hard season,
answered prayer, people I have had the privilege to 🥰 love.
So excited for this new chapter that is waiting to be lived.

Celebrating my birthday today is a reminder that life is a gift! 💝

Here’s to another year of honoring the journey, embracing the new chapter, and expanding into the fullest version of who God created me to be.

#FirstDayOfSpring #InternationalDayOfHappiness #flawsomelyaging #EmbraceYourNewChapter #BirthdayReflections by @_themomshift

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6 months ago