Mandatory year round up 👇🏻😊What did 2024 teach me?

-"Never say never" (Louis Fourie, because of you 😍)

-If you actually DO the work, you can heal (not just reading the fluffy Instagram posts of others and hope it will eventually sink in)

-Asking for help is a game changer

-I am still inconsistent with exercise and I wonder if I'll ever be as consistent as I ever was when I was a runner but I'm not even stressed about it. Acceptance.

-Yoga, however, is my one consistent - but yoga isn't exercise. It's my compass to keep me on track towards the direction of my True Self and I pray yoga finds you too if it hasn't yet ❤️

-Being a mom has been the best thing that has ever happened to me and Jakey is a freaking rock star (he had some tough hurdles this year, and he has faced them and accepted them graciously. Super proud of him.)

-Regret nothing because it is what it was.

-IVF is the hardest thing that you cannot prepare yourself for.

I tied my tubes when I was 32 thinking I would NEVER have more children (until my precious Louis came in to my life and after a year of therapy around this I want it more than ever) IVF is one of the hardest things I have ever done and sadly it wasn't successful the first time for us 🥺 This photo may have got some of you excited, believe me, we were too... But IVF treatment will leave you looking and feeling very pregnant even when you are not. It's slightly torturous quite frankly because then when it doesn't work there is a horrible sense of loss. We put two embryos in, but it wasn't meant to be 🥺💞🫥

Some people told me I should navigate this in silence, and for the most part we have. We have kept a very small and deeply special tribe of prayer warriors in our corner through this journey (you know who you are and words will never be enough 🥹❤️❤️❤️)

But I don't share these things because I want attention, I share because there are couples doing this in silence and it is FLIPPING tough! People make you feel like there is something wrong with you because you can't just make a baby and it's exhausting explaining yourself so most people do it alone 🥺

And for this reason alone, to those of you that have walked/are walking this journey of infertility, I admire you deeply for your courage to persevere, you are darn warriors! Don't give up!

The feeling of not just being able to have a baby naturally has been immensely tough, no one prepares you for these emotions as a woman (and I'd also say for the man too)

So I just want to honor the men out there too that are on this journey with their partners. This journey requires an insane amount of patience and grace.

And just when I thought I couldn't love Louis anymore, he has shown up through this first round of IVF in a way that I have no words for. I am going to keep those feelings to myself as this journey is deeply personal for us but my darling, I love you and appreciate you immensely 🥹💞

So the point is, no matter what you are facing... never ever say never and never give up hope!

Prayer is also deeply powerful to keep you on the path of peace. When you think you've prayed enough, pray some more.

2025.... There is much to be excited, curious and hopeful about, and whatever it may be that comes, keep us rooted in peace that it is perfectly planned for each of our own journeys, and come what may, in the end, all will be well ♥️✨✝️