The Motherhood Journey Newsletter Week 5

“ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Hello sweet Mummas,

Welcome to the newwwww weeeek! Wahoo! What a gift it is to be alive today and live out another day on this world! We are so blessed to be mothers! We have been given the gift of life to grow inside of us and walk before our eyes daily. We have co-created with God. No man or angel can do such a task. It is only us and God himself who can create life. What an honour to do this! To be His vessel for Him to do the only thing He started all of this to do - create life and enjoy those beings for eternity.

Real Life in the motherhood journey:

A little glimpse from our week!
This week we have done very little school and lots of (more normal and mundane) life things as this mumma has been sick (feat the chicken soup pictured below that warmed my sick soul haha) and also had a tooth ache through all the week (which included a visit to the dentist) so have taken things very slow. Lots of napping in my babies nap times/slow days with the kids and drinking coffee in the sunshine. I love that we can really take charge of our days as stay at home mummas and do what we need to, to take care of ourselves in lots of different little ways. Outside of this we baked yummy treats (one custard fillo home made jam treat pictured bellow was fun. my first time making custard and ohhh boy it was yummy!) read books together and the kids did lots of independent play (which is this weeks podcast episode coming tomorrow!). We ended the week by taking our big Sunday trip all the way to church and spending the day with family - bliss!

Meal plan for the week! Get some ideas!

THIS WEEK instead of sharing our weekly meals I wanted to share a few ideas that I as a mumma eats as snacks through the day and next week I will share some of our go-to’s for the kiddos snacks/baked goods to fill their tummies.

-Greek yogurt- maple syrup, nuts or granola + berries
-Protein smoothy - doterra chocolate protein powder, banana, greek yogurt, raw honey and milk
- Sourdough with goats cheese and cherry tomatos
- Rice crackers with Peanutbutter and dark chocolate chips
-Chia seed pudding - milk and maple syrup
- Herbal teas (my fav right now is mint tea straight from the garden)

Any high protein/high fat snacks you have? Would love some more ideas!

Walking in His truth:
This verse at the top of the email - its all His grace - has been a huge blessing this week to me. SO often I need to step back and stop trying so much (its a personailty thing I think) and let Him be God. Let Him be the good one, the one who does what is right and Him be the one who moves. I love love when God reminds me of this cause I I can release my hands and wait for Him to move. This brings me back into a space of worship and trust, rather then trying to get my head around a situation and make the ‘right’ decisions. This week through a personal theological trial in my brain (haha isnt it always) I was chatting with my husband and he called me to go back to a way I used to interact with God before I had kids. Back to my quiet times that were spent listening to worship music (old school tunes might I add) and writing out scriptures with pretty pens and doodling drawings around them. When I was in yr 10 at school, I would come home and spend hours in my room with the Lord just resting in His goodness, feasting on whatever verse was for that day and loving on Him/being loved on through creating a vision of Him and me meeting in the garden in my mind. It was a place of childlikness. A place where honey and milk flowed for me. When I get too headdy, I need to go back to this space and just be close with Him. Peace came and I felt a real release that night even though my circumstances didn’t change. From the head to the heart!

Oh also - an update I shared last week about trusting God with my husbands business scenario - God came through (as always!) and placed before us what we needed exactly. We came together every day and prayed together, unified in the belief God has this and our family will receive an income again. It didn’t come as we expected but it came. It was better than we hoped. Praise His name! I hope the things you are asking for are coming through for you and would LOVE to hear a testimony when they do!


Love always
Ellie from - The Motherhood Journey x

p.s Im always here for a chat! My heart is to go deeper with you mummas in these emails. So if anything stands out to you or you wana chat more, shoot me back a reply! I love journeying alongside you.