Madly Wish

Madly Wish Hey there, I’m Whitney! You’re going to miss this stage 🫶🏻
I help you see it while you’re in it
47yo Mom of 5, real life, no sugarcoating
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Creating handmade heirlooms and space for honest motherhood. Through Madly Wish and my podcast, I share stories that remind moms growth never stops.

I’ve been thinking about motivation today.Mostly because I seem to have misplaced mine.And I know the annoying truth abo...
09/02/2026

I’ve been thinking about motivation today.

Mostly because I seem to have misplaced mine.

And I know the annoying truth about motivation is that sitting around waiting for it is usually not how you find it.

You have to start.

Which would be incredibly helpful advice if starting weren’t currently my problem. 😂

But I think I’ve figured out at least part of what gets me stuck.

Trying.

Trying to make something good.
Trying to make something people will like.
Trying to make something meaningful.
Trying to be creative.

Trying to figure out what the finished thing is supposed to look like before I’ve even begun.

At some point, all that trying becomes heavier than doing the actual thing.

And that’s such a strange thing about creativity.

Some of the things I’ve loved making most started because I just wanted to see what would happen.

No expectation or guarantee it would become anything.

I just started.

I don’t think I’ve lost my creativity.

I think I’ve been standing in front of it asking it too many questions.

So I don’t have some grand plan for getting my motivation back.

I think I’m just going to make something.
Badly, if necessary.
And see what happens.

Ever find yourself in this same funk?

Day 245 of listening.

09/02/2026

I heard something today that I haven’t stopped thinking about.

There’s a difference between walking through life believing “life is hard” & believing “I can do hard things.”

They sound almost the same.
But they’re not.

One makes you expect life to be a struggle.

The other reminds you that when struggle comes, you already know something about yourself:

You can handle it.

Because there will be hard seasons.

Relationships will require work. Raising a family is hard. Going back to school is hard. Starting something new is hard. Losing things, changing things, figuring things out when you have absolutely no idea what you’re doing…all really freaking hard.

But think about how many times you’ve already done that.

How many things once felt impossible that are now simply part of your story.

How many days you didn’t know how you were going to get through.

And yet, here you are.

I don’t want to walk through life expecting it to be hard.

I want to walk through life knowing that when it is, I’ll figure it out.

Because I have before.

And I will again.

I think that’s a very different way to live.

Day 244 of listening. ❤️

More than anything, I want home to feel like a place where they can exhale. 🤍
09/01/2026

More than anything, I want home to feel like a place where they can exhale. 🤍

You spend years trying to raise good humans.Be kind.Pay attention.Help when someone needs it.Take care of your people.An...
09/01/2026

You spend years trying to raise good humans.

Be kind.
Pay attention.
Help when someone needs it.
Take care of your people.

And half the time they’re leaving cups in their bedrooms, ignoring the empty toilet paper roll and asking you questions they absolutely could have Googled themselves. 😂

So you really don’t know how much of it’s sinking in.

Until something happens.

Someone needs help.

And they just…do it.

They check in. Change their plans. Notice what needs to be done & do it without being asked.

And suddenly you get this little glimpse of the people your children have become.

They were listening.

Not every time, obviously. There are still dirty dishes under their beds. 😂

But the older my kids get, the more I realize some of the proudest moments in parenting have nothing to do with what they accomplish.

They’re the moments when you get to see who they are.

Day 243 of listening. ❤️

You can be grateful and still admit that this is hard.
08/31/2026

You can be grateful and still admit that this is hard.

The kindest people are often the ones paying attention. 🤍
08/31/2026

The kindest people are often the ones paying attention. 🤍

The ordinary parts are their childhood, too. 🤍
08/31/2026

The ordinary parts are their childhood, too. 🤍

08/31/2026

I think one of the greatest gifts we can give our children is a chance to step inside some of our favorite memories.

Before we had kids, I used to spend weekends at my in-laws’ house playing cards late into the night.

We laughed a lot. I learned a lot. And without realizing it at the time, those ordinary nights became some of my favorite memories.

Today, we were back at their house, & my mother-in-law taught my kids how to play one of the games she taught me all those years ago.

And I loved watching it.

Because our children don’t know the versions of us that existed before them.

They weren’t there for the stories we still tell, the people who shaped us, or all those ordinary days that became important only after they were gone.

But every once in a while, we get to bring them in.

We can teach them the recipe.
Take them to the place.
Play the game.
Tell the story.

And suddenly, something that belonged to our past gets another life in their future.

That’s how memories become traditions.

And I think that’s one of the loveliest things we get to pass down.

Day 242 of listening. ❤️

The quiet moments that tell us we are getting something right. 🤍
08/30/2026

The quiet moments that tell us we are getting something right. 🤍

So much of life is happening while we think nothing special is happening. 🤍
08/30/2026

So much of life is happening while we think nothing special is happening. 🤍

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