Welcome y’all! I am a Southern Catholic woman dancing into midlife while contemplating questions and graces along the way. After many years as a homeschooling and stay-at-home mom, I am dusting off my writer’s voice, expanding my natural wellness and holistic hormone training, and inviting other women to walk with me in this new stage of becoming.

I hope you will find encouragement here, thoughts to ponder, helpful tools, and a friendly companion in life’s beautiful messiness. You’ll find me sharing about faith, family, natural wellness, books, and more here. I find joy in God’s whispers all around me and feel called to share that with you.

In this latest chapter of life, I offer woman’s hormone coaching, lead weekly SoulCore Rosary classes at my parish, create handcrafted essential oil blends inspired by saints, lead a Well-Read Moms Book Club, and have led an Advent Day of Reflection and co-lead a weekend SoulCore retreat.

You can connect with me most easily by signing up for my Substack newsletter, Becoming Velveteen. Here I write recollections about the blessings I’ve received and muse on becoming a softer, stronger, and more real version of myself in these midlife years.

I recently contributed a chapter to a book Cloud of Witnesses, with my Catholic writing community, and am working with them on a new Marian book to be announced soon.

I live in Augusta, Georgia with my husband, John, and my twin sons, Connor and Ethan. In my little corner of the world, I hope to bear witness to the One who is transforming my life - body, mind and soul. He wants to do the same for you. I am so grateful you are here!