Hey there! I’m Mikala—a wife, mother of 5, family doctor, well-being advocate, and the author of Ordinary on Purpose. Each month, my writing reaches millions of women, but I am thrilled to be connecting with YOU. I’m truly grateful to have you here!
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You’re so squished right smack in the middle of five kids. But then I watch you for a while, And I realize God put you exactly where you are for a reason.
She follows me everywhere I go. She wants to be by my side for every single minute of every single day. Forever.
I try to be the one place in the whole world where my child doesn’t ever have to pretend. I try to be the safe, loving place he can softly sink into and feel seen. I try to be the person he can always, always come to…
For I know one day very soon, my teenager will be gone. And my baby will walk through the door a grown man. Still the love of my life. What a gift! I never knew this kind of LOVE existed.
I’m reminded why year after year we drag out the boxes and put out all the stuff and vacuum those little green artificial needles and dust the mantel (for once) and hang all their little stockings in a row.
I don’t need recognition or praise from the World…because He says I am enough.
