How My Blog Got It’s Name

The Story Behind Serenity Among Wildflowers

There’s something magical about the wildflower season in Texas. The sun shining, the grass lush and green, and beautiful colors decorating the fields. I’ve always loved this time of year, but it wasn’t until I became a mom that I truly appreciated the beauty and essence of wildflowers. There’s no rhyme or reason to them, kind of like kids. They bloom unexpectedly, but also under perfect conditions. There are so many life lessons to be learned through wildflowers, if you’re willing to listen. 

I remember sitting on the porch, rocking my newborn, as my toddler ran through the yard. Delighted by the flowers most people wouldn’t give a second glance. She’d pick them and hand them to me with a big smile on her face, proud of her little bouquet. It made me slow down. It made me notice. Living in the house my parents built, surrounded by the quiet of the countryside rather than the noise of town, I started to see the beauty in the things we often overlook. From that moment on, I’ve been practicing gratefulness and working on soaking up all the beautiful moments God sprinkles throughout our lives. 

Why Serenity Among Wildflowers?

Serenity, to me, is about finding peace in the moments we often find mundane or are too busy to notice. I’m learning to live a slower life so these moments don’t go unnoticed. While my life seems anything but slow, it’s about making time for intentional slowness. Taking the evening off from to-do’s to just enjoy time with my family, letting my two-year old help me make breakfast even though I’m in a hurry, or going for a walk around our driveway while the kids nap, these are moments I create to slow down, especially to slow down my mind. 

Wildflowers, in their quiet resilience, grow in the most unexpected places. Just like them, my life ended up in a place I never expected. I never imagined I’d be a stay-at-home mom, but here I am, loving the work I do as a mother and wife. My transition from full-time working mom to stay-at-home mom was a bumpy road. Our lives took quite a few unexpected and hard twists and turns after I left teaching. Now that we’re settled, I find myself grateful for the hardships, even though they were filled with so much doubt and uncertainty. I’ve come a long way in my role as a stay-at-home mom. I’m more confident, though there are days I doubt myself. There are times I can successfully juggle all the plates at once and days I’m hiding because they’re all about to come tumbling down on me.  

Just like wildflowers, this life isn’t always easy. That’s why I try to find and create peaceful moments—moments to be grateful for. Wildflowers come in countless varieties, just like the many hats a stay-at-home mom wears. Some days, I feel like a bright sunflower, standing tall and confident. Other days, I feel like a seedling just trying to break the ground. All aspects of motherhood are beautiful in their own way. It’s all growth, if you choose to see it that way. 

How This Philosophy Shapes My Life

I apply this mindset by making the effort to truly embrace my children’s world. To be fully present with them and to witness their discovery of the simple wonders around them. They don’t need extravagance—they just want me to play, to be with them, to experience life at their level. One day I turned on my apple watch to record an outdoor run while I played ‘chase’ with my daughter. We chased each other around the yard laughing and having the best time for sixteen minutes straight. Believe it or not we knocked out a whole mile in that time. Those sixteen minutes will forever be engraved in my brain as a core memory. Kids aren’t hard to please, they just want you to be a kid every once in a while, too. 

In my marriage, I’ve learned to romanticize the everyday moments. Life is busy—between work, raising kids, and keeping up with everything that needs to be done, it’s easy to lose sight of each other. So we find our own kind of serenity in ordinary daily tasks. A late dinner turned into a date with our favorite show. Folding laundry together turned into quiet time to catch up on our day. It’s the little things that keep us connected.

As a blogger, this mindset has become my creative escape. Writing allows me to shut off the noise of the world and just be. It’s truly freeing how doing something you love can completely reset you. It’s my way of embracing the present, and of creating something with my hands and heart. I can’t wait for the day I look back and enjoy reading what life was like now. Future me is going to be so proud of the growth I’m making. 

Finding Your Wildflower Moments

We live in a world that constantly tells us we need more and that we should always be chasing the next big thing. But what if we just stopped? What if we learned to appreciate what we have and realized that it’s enough? While driving today, trying to figure out how to finish this blog, I heard two songs. They were played one after another and it was the perfect fitting message. I wanted to share them with you. 

These two songs capture the essence of this blog. There is beauty and blessings in everyday life. When we are struggling and wondering why life isn’t working out how we’d thought, we can have faith and trust that God is holding the watering can. We will grow and bloom in His timing. 

Take an evening to sit outside. Put your phone away. Learn to be okay with the silence. And in that silence, find something beautiful—like the wildflowers. They have taught me that life looks different for everyone, yet it’s all beautiful in its own way.

Serenity Among Wildflowers isn’t just a blog name—it’s a way of life. A reminder to slow down, to see the beauty in the unexpected, and to find peace in the present.

Where do you find your wildflower moments?