Life Lessons from Seasons of Change
Life’s big shifts and slow seasons have humbled me more than I ever expected. These hard seasons have become some of my deepest life lessons.
When I was younger, I believed effort alone could fix anything. If plans fell apart, I figured someone just wasn’t trying hard enough—or doing things the right way—maybe even me. There was real arrogance in that. I thought sheer willpower could bend the world to my plans.
What a Drought Taught Me About Letting Go
Then came the hard stops: moments no amount of grit could move. A garden lost to drought after I had my first child taught me that lesson faster than any sermon.
No extra watering, no wishing, no late-night worrying brought back the harvest. That loss showed me surrender—not as giving up, but as meeting reality honestly and carrying only what’s mine. I still remember the cracked soil under my hands and the quiet ache of knowing this hard season of motherhood wasn’t mine to fix with effort alone.
Finding Balance in Parenting and Daily Chaos
These days, when chaos and noise fill the house or the coop, I pause instead of pushing harder. “What’s mine to carry?” has become a quiet mantra in these hard seasons of parenting.
Boundaries, deep breaths, even tears—they build me back stronger. And honestly, I need those reminders often. These everyday moments are teaching me life lessons from the garden and the home, one small surrender at a time.
Building Community Through Grace and Compassion
Love feels different now, too. Gentler. I see the hidden weight in others—a neighbor worn thin, another parent stretching through a long week—and grace comes quicker.
Community grows in those moments when compassion replaces judgment. Some days that looks like sharing a meal. Other days, it’s just listening without trying to fix. In their own way, these conversations are building community in hard times, one honest story at a time.
Growing Through Time, Trust, and Faith
Time weaves it all together—naivety to trust, effort to faith. The seasons remind me that everything sprouts, fades, and returns in its own time, even in our hard seasons of life.
My job is to show up faithfully—to tend what I can, raise my kids with patience, and keep building a life that roots deeply in love and community. These are the life lessons from hard seasons that shape how I move through the world now.
Feature Photo by Natalia Gasiorowska on Unsplash
How have your hard seasons changed you? I’d love to hear how time has softened or strengthened your own soil—share in the comments below.
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