Hey there! I’m Mikala—a family doctor, wife, mother of 5, well-being advocate, and author of the books Ordinary on Purpose and Everything I Wish I Could Tell You About Midlife. Each month my writing reaches millions of women, but I am thrilled to be connecting with YOU. I’m truly grateful to have you here!
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I don’t need recognition or praise from the World…because He says I am enough.
What if we stopped to really realize...really, truly believe...that the way we look is not the best thing any of us have to offer???
There was a time in my life my husband was going to die... I thought it was supposed to be a romantic Love Story. I had no idea it would rock me to my core.
Moms, it is hard today. It will be hard tomorrow, to0. Different hard. But we really can do HARD things. And it is so GOOD, too. We just have to trust.
I wish I could tell her to have faith and trust Jesus...with her heart and her babies and her husband's addiction and her life.
I'm pretty sure no mom ever had Teenager Fever...But I have bigger kids now. One is officially a teenager and one is a hot-on-his-heels tween.
Maybe if I’m just more prepared. Maybe if I start a little earlier. Maybe if I plan just the right back-to-school breakfast and after school snack. Maybe it won’t be a total shitshow.
Our happily ever after is far from fancy and not even close to glamorous...
I won't be handing out advice (mostly because I have none to give) but I hope to give you permission.
Please God, help me be a patient mom… All too often I am impatient.
The truth is most of our lives are lived in the ordinary moments every single day with the people standing right beside us.
That's the ultimate goal, right? To do our very best and love them like crazy and just enjoy these fleeting Kid Years as best we can???
