Creekside Garden

Today I feel like I am sitting down at the start of a journey. I am not sure what lies ahead, all I know is that I am supposed to take the next step.

I have had this blog on my mind and on my heart for years now. Honestly fear has held me back from pursuing this journey. Fear of failure, fear of what others will think of me and my thoughts. Embarrassment at the idea of people reading my writing. Now here I am, blogging. I would not be here without the encouragement of my husband, Ben. It is because of him that I am willing to take this leap of faith and start a new thing.

A little bit about me and my family. I am a twenty-two year old wife, homemaker, and stay at home mom. My husband and I will have been married for 3 years this coming August (our wedding was at the height of the pandemic in 2020). Caleb, our firstborn, was born at the end of January of this year. Ben works as a full time mechanic at a John Deere dealership and also does work on the side. He has an hour long commute, one way, and puts in the hours to reach our goals as a family.

Before staying at home, I went to Veterinary Technician School and graduated in 2022. I worked in multiple veterinary clinics and found a lot of fulfillment in my work. During my pregnancy with Caleb I was very sick in the first trimester and had to quite my job. Around that time we moved from Eastern Wyoming to Montana and I began to settle into full time homemaking.

Staying home has been the biggest blessing, I am extremely grateful for a husband to sees the value of it and is willing to make sacrifices to keep me at home. I feel spoiled to stay at home, cuddle my baby, grow my garden, and keep my house all day. It is still work, but it is much more fulfilling and freeing.

However, the grass always seems greener on the other side. I am the type who enjoyed working. I miss interactions with people through my job, I miss the satisfaction of bringing home a paycheck. I sometimes wonder why I even got a degree if I will never use it. I am choosing to trust that God has a plan for it all, even though I cannot see it right now.

This blog is a part of that journey. Here I hope to find community and a space to express myself through my talents. An outlet for the driven part of me that wants to work – apart from the housework. Ultimately, I want to encourage other homemakers walking this path and to pursue any opportunities through this platform. I hear of women making a living through online businesses, while that would be nice, I only want to be an encouragement and explore different things I am learning about.

Here is to the Creekside Garden! Every post is a seed planted in faith that it will blossom and bring fruit of some kind or another.

Thank you for being here. Comment below and share a piece of your homemaking journey!