Author: The Gathered Kind

  • Sheet Pan Pancakes

    🥞 Ingredients Use your favorite pancake batter! Here’s a simple base if you need one: 👩‍🍳 Instructions 🧡 Why We Love It 🍽️ Looking for more big-family meal ideas that keep the chaos under control?Check out the full roundup: Feeding the Chaos: 5 Big Family Recipes That Save My SanityTrust me—you’re gonna want to save…

  • Feeding the Chaos: 5 Big Family Recipes That Save My Sanity

    Feeding a big family doesn’t have to mean stress, mess, and 10 different meals. In this post, I’m sharing 5 of our go-to recipes that actually work for busy nights, picky eaters, and tight budgets. These are the meals that bring us to the table (even when life feels loud and chaotic). Each recipe is…

  • 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Boy Mom

    When I pictured motherhood, I never imagined five boys. But now that I’m here—surrounded by noise, Nerf bullets, and nonstop movement—I wouldn’t trade it for anything. Being a boy mom is wild, loud, and honestly, one of the greatest honors of my life. This post is for the mamas with muddy footprints on their floor…

  • The Quiet Strength of a Blue-Collar Wife

    Being a blue-collar wife with five wild-hearted boys means living in the tension of deep gratitude and daily overwhelm. I’m thankful beyond words for my husband’s hard work—it gives our family freedom. But the unpredictable hours, long commutes, and solo parenting days often leave me feeling like I’m carrying the weight of it all. In…

  • How I’m Building a Legacy in the Middle of Laundry, Loud Boys, and Long Days

    What does it really look like to build a legacy while raising loud boys, juggling laundry, and trying to hold onto your dreams? In this raw and real post, I share the rhythms that keep our home running, the mindset shifts that keep me grounded, and why I believe motherhood and ambition can coexist. If…

  • If You’re New to Homeschooling—Me Too

    If you’ve ever whispered, “Am I even doing this right?”—this post is for you. Homeschooling wasn’t part of my original plan. But neither was raising five boys in a small town, building a business from my kitchen table, or becoming the cycle-breaker in my family. And yet… here we are. This post is a rally…

  • Welcome to The Gathered Kind: Where Mom Life Meets Mission and Mess Turns to Meaning

    “This isn’t a highlight reel—it’s a home base. A space for the moms in the middle of the story. The ones building a legacy from the laundry piles, the quiet prayers, and the wild, holy dreams that refuse to die. The Gathered Kind is where mom life meets mission… and mess turns to meaning.”