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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It’s easy to overstuff, you guys. Our dryers. Our lives. And that’s what causes burnout!
Who else would know to look for a little thumbs up from the soccer field?? After all, he didn’t score. But his foot touched the ball and he’d like to celebrate all the same. So, I do!!
My book. It’s the ONE thing I’ve ever done because I want to. Not because I need to or someone asked me to or I’m supposed to. Writing just fills my heart!
Proud and sad and grateful and heartbroken and absolutely filled with joy at the opportunity to be part of it all…so many emotions wrapped up together in the same few breaths.
I’ll be grateful I chose fun and love and food and laughter and people and connection and joy. I’ll be grateful I truly LIVED!!!
I am teaching my children how to love and be loved…and so are you!!
Saying ‘I’m tired’ is like saying ‘I’m chilly’ when I’m buried up to my neck in a snowbank wearing my bathing suit while my little black toes begin breaking off one by one.
He was born LOUD and wild and with the littlest dose of extra confidence and charisma. I couldn’t keep this kid in a bubble if I tried!
I mean, really…isn’t it lovely to know a person from his very first breath and watch him become a confident young man right before your very eyes???
