A Whole Hearted Perspective
Whole Hearted Home stems from the question I try to make all my major choices from:
What kind of life do I want to build?
Not the kind everyone else is building.
Not the easiest or the expected kind. But something that feels right to me.
That question has led me to a lot of great things over the years. It led me to homeschool. It led me to create a community when I couldn't find the right fit. This year, it led me to plant my very first garden.
It's tiny, only 4 feet by 6 feet. But it’s still one of the coolest things I've done in years. The size of the garden doesn’t reflect the size of the risk, which is: how vulnerable it feels to be a beginner.
I've found that many of my favorite things in life start that way. Not with certainty, but with a vision and a willingness to try.
Who I am today would be unrecognizable to who I was even just a few years ago but I didn’t overhaul my life overnight.
Over the last decade I learned to cook from scratch, made reading a priority, decided to homeschool, and most recently, learned to grow food.
None of those choices make someone a better person.
But every time we honor an instinct with action, we become a little more ourselves.
That's the kind of growth that makes life FUN.
A Home Is Always Teaching
One of my favorite ideas comes from Charlotte Mason, who wrote that a child's education is built from three things: the discipline of habit, the atmosphere of environment, and the presentation of living ideas.
I come back to that often because it reminds me that education has never been limited to lessons at the kitchen table.
It's in the conversations and debates we have. The books that make us feel something.
The way we repair after losing our cool. The pace of our days, the things we say no to, the music playing while we make dinner.
It’s the way we host visitors, the way we speak about our work. It’s remembering that each day isn’t just a day, it’s adding up to be someone’s childhood.
Our homes themselves are always teaching which is why I see it as such a worthwhile place to invest my time and energy.
How to Be a Person 101
If our home is the classroom, we as parents are the curriculum. Long before our children complete a math lesson, they're learning how to be a person – from us!
That’s a big responsibility but an opportunity as well.
One of the best lessons I ever taught myself is that any improvement I make “for the kids” improves my own life ten fold.
I want my children to grow up seeing adulthood as something to look forward to.
I want them to see me learning new things, reading because I like it, taking good care of my body, serving others, tackling projects that scare me a little, and finding joy in being a beginner.
Not because I do any of those things perfectly but because I hope they'll see that learning never stops and life gets to be enjoyable.
Wholehearted, Not Perfect
If there's one thing I hope you'll find here, it's permission to approach motherhood with both intention and grace.
I believe in doing things well.
I care about asking good questions, slowing down, and living in a way that reflects my values.
But wholehearted living doesn’t require perfection. We just have to keep showing up, even when we don't get it right.
That's true in homeschooling, just as it’s true in parenting, marriage, friendship, gardens, and really anything else worth doing.
Whole Hearted Home exists because I want more moms to experience the confidence that comes from living in alignment with what they believe.
Not my convictions but yours.
I don't want to tell you what your family life should look like. I want to offer steady encouragement as you build it your way.
I'm so glad you're here,