The pains of 2025 will birth the joys of 2026.

Last year I lost my mom and my kids their grandma. I also endured some major expenses on a small income. Those two events consumed most of 2025. Times like these can be overwhelming and scary, especially if you’re going it alone.

This year I am already more aware of the great presence my mom was in my life and how blessed I am to have had her as a mother and a friend. I am hopeful that I can be that for my children as well. I am also thankful that later this year I will become a grandmother and sad that my mom won’t be there to join in the excitement. I am anxiously waiting to meet Elli and love on her.

I am also more aware of my need for more income. Barely meeting my financial obligations for the year, I feel an urgency for more streams of income and a better structure of my finances. I’ve started pursuing leads I’ve only read about or dabbled in and stepping out of my comfort zone.

Follow me as I start this new year, next chapter of my life as a grandmother and a determined entrepreneur.

“”For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”” Jeremiah 29:11