A Quiet Season
It's been a while since I've written here. To be quite frank with you, I have been in a season of quiet, refined behind the scenes. I've been quiet even across all my social media platforms.
The last few months I have navigated the journey of becoming a single mom, being a full time care giver and rebuilding from the ground up for my son and I. It's been a time of letting God rebuild me, refine me, and refocus me.
Being a newly single mom is an interesting journey to walk through, a journey that I have found peace and happiness, I have remembered who I am and the calling on my life. It's a journey that I will pull back the curtain on in some ways to let you walk with me through time.
On top of what i’ve been navigating, being a full time caregiver for my grandparents has been a journey that has not been easy. It's a matter of navigating appointments, at one point fighting for my grandma's life as she dealt with her lungs collapsing, cooking meals, all the errands, fixing things or pulling in outside resources, etc.
Life is a beautiful journey, no matter the challenges it brings. There is beauty in darkness, in pain, in heartbreak, in loss. Such is the duality of life, am I right? Life and death, joy and grief. For many, I know what I've walked through and continue to walk through would break people, would crush them. For me, I choose to see the beauty in my journey, to speak life and truth over myself and others. I choose to create something extraordinarily beautiful through my journey. I chose to not let the pain crush me, because I’m not in pain, I’m not broken, I’m not sad. Maybe because my strength is not my own, but rather God’s. Sure, in the midst of the refining I walk through has built a resilience and perseverance within me that is like no other. But nonetheless, I have fully embraced this journey that I’m walking through.
My point through all of this is that the quiet season isn't failure. It's a pause, a reset.
The quiet season isn't loneliness. It's a coming back.
The quiet season isn't easy. It's refinement.
The quiet season isn't a show for the world to see. It's a season only for you and YHWH.
This quiet season that I've been in doesn't mean I've disappeared, failing, alone or unhappy. It's far from that.
This quiet season is refining, building, growing, and preparing. Its peaceful and full of life, intentional and purposeful, beautiful and calm. Its listening, obeying, and stepping out in full faith, quietly.
So while I transition out of this quiet season, it's a season I forever embrace. Because through this quiet season, I choose peace, I choose calm, I choose joy, I choose happiness, I choose presence. I choose to cultivate my garden and to persevere.
A few things that are coming back to life are my emails (Click HERE to sign up for my emails and get your free download The Calm Within), my podcast (The Nurtured Well Collective), & the blog.
Every Sunday, you can expect my Heart & Home series, an email that I invite you to sip on a cup of tea and live life with me.
Every Wednesday, you can expect my A Nurturing Note series to continue, an email that will give you that mid-week encouragement, what's happening, a recipe, featured products, national recalls, etc.
I’m also taking clients again. both in person across the Hudson Valley New York and virtually.
Fertility doula care (page coming soon with all the details!)
wellness & life coaching through all stages of motherhood
xo,
Kailee
PS- Join me for the Winter revival, a 30 day wellness reset for all! Nutrition, mindset, community, and daily conversation!
