Doing Life - Our Way

Hi,

If you’re new to our journey—welcome. I’m Kristin (aka Mom). If you already know me, you know I have big thoughts about a lot of things. I always have… and probably always will.

Because of that, I’ve struggled. It’s been hard to adapt to a world I never felt built for.

I grew up in the 90s, long before words like intuitive, neurodivergent, or highly sensitive became mainstream. I wasn’t diagnosed with ADD until my early 20s, and suddenly so much about the way I processed life—inside and out—finally made sense.

Instead of finishing high school, I homeschooled myself.

Instead of college, I went to a mystery school.

Instead of “regular” employment, I opened a business and wrote a book.

I could never seem to do what the world expected of me, no matter how much I tried. I always had to find my own path.

But I didn’t truly understand myself until I had a daughter who was just like me.

Raising her has been both a challenge and a blessing—a crash course in growing up while healing my own inner child.

When Rhythm was little, I tried to do things the traditional way, mostly because I didn’t want to “mess her up.” But when I began to see her struggling in the same ways I once did, I started to wonder:

Could there be another way?A way that worked Better for us?

Struggle shaped me, yes. It built character. But did she really need to go through the same pain just to discover the same truth? That maybe she wasn’t meant to fit into the world—but to create one of her own?

So, like most things in my life, I made a radical choice to do things differently.

Taking the reins came with a lot of anxiety. Challenging the mainstream narrative can feel like planting your feet in the middle of a whirlpool. At first all you feel is resistance… but if you keep moving, eventually the whole pool responds to you.

My hope is that this website reaches others like us—the square pegs, the misfit toys, the ones who weren’t born to blend in, but born to create. And maybe it encourages them to put their feet down in the whirlpool too, and begin walking in a direction that finally feels like their own.

If you’ve made it this far, thank you for being a part of our story.

Make sure to follow along on our social media—every like, comment, and share helps spread the message:

Creativity isn’t something we outgrow. It’s something we nurture.Life is simply art in progress.

And yes… I’m pretty sure this counts as language arts.