Are we still carrying what they worked so hard to plant?
Are we becoming those women for the ones coming after us?
They taught us how to live.
- Create a mealtime where phones are down, candles are lit, and gratitude is spoken aloud.
🤍 Maybe it’s ten minutes outside with the sun on your face.
🤍 Maybe it’s a nap without guilt.
🤍 Maybe it’s going to bed an hour earlier and letting the laundry wait.
Because health isn't built through force— It’s built through rhythms that restore what life drains away.
Recipe I'm Loving: Heirloom Stew
6 cups homemade or high-quality bone broth
3 large carrots, peeled and chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
2 parsnips or 1 sweet potato, chopped
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup pearl barley or wild rice (optional, for heartiness)
1 tsp sea salt (to taste)
½ tsp cracked black pepper
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried rosemary
A handful of fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)
Olive oil or ghee for sautéing
- In a large heavy pot, heat a tablespoon of olive oil or ghee over medium heat.
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Sear them in the pot until golden brown on both sides. Remove and set aside.
- In the same pot, sauté onion, garlic, carrots, celery, and parsnips until slightly softened and fragrant.
- Add thyme, rosemary, and a little more salt. Stir to coat the vegetables.
- Return the chicken to the pot. Pour in the bone broth. Bring to a simmer.
- Cover and let it cook slowly on low for about 45 minutes (if adding barley or rice, toss it in after 20 minutes).
- When the chicken is tender and falling apart, shred it into the stew.
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Finish with a sprinkle of fresh parsley before serving.
Natural Living: Herb Sachets
Teaching children about the ancient traditions of herbs is a fantastic way to impart wisdom and allows them to understand how the earth provides everything we need to sustain life.
Dried lavender, rosemary, chamomile (or any naturally fragrant herb blend)
Twine or ribbon
Paper and pens/markers for handwritten notes
Needle and thread (optional for sewing, but you can also just tie them with twine)
Instructions:
- Lay out a square of fabric (about 6x6 inches).
- Place a small handful of dried herbs in the center.
- Gather the fabric up into a little pouch and tie it tightly with twine or a soft ribbon.
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Have the kids write a simple message or a "wisdom quote" to tie onto the sachet.
Optional: If you want a more finished look, kids can sew simple stitches around the edges to make a small pillow-like sachet.
Something I'm Pondering: Maps of Wisdom
When I think back on the women who have gone before us, I am humbled and awestruck. Their legacy has impacted generations.
They were the healers, the homemakers, the preservers of life.
Before there were pharmacies or supermarkets, it was women—strong, steady women—who knew which roots to gather, which herbs would heal a fever, which foods could be salted, dried, and stored to carry their families through the long winter.
Their hands were maps of wisdom.
Their lives were living libraries of what the earth could offer when tended with care and knowledge.
These women didn’t just keep house—they kept life.
They passed down the secrets of nourishing bodies and souls—not with fanfare, but through daily, faithful work.
Through teaching their daughters, gathering with their sisters, and living a quiet kind of bravery.
And today... we are still carrying their legacy.
When we light a candle made with our own hands, when we stir bone broth on the stove, when we choose to grow a garden or use a wild herb instead of a synthetic pill...we are stepping back into the ancient rhythm.
We are remembering who we were always meant to be:
Makers. Healers. Stewards of life.
Let’s walk worthy of the legacy we’ve been given... and keep passing the flame.
