❤️ A Lesson in Trust
When you're in it, everything feels overwhelming.
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"Mommy, I can't do it. It's too high!"
My daughter's voice carried across the playground, her small hands gripping the climbing wall with white knuckles. From where I stood, I could see that she was just three handholds away from the top—so close to her goal, yet from her perspective, the journey still seemed impossibly long.
"You're almost there, Lovie!" I called up, trying to infuse my voice with soothing encouragement.
She shook her head, her soft curls bouncing with the movement. "No, I'm not! I can't see the top!"
And there it was—a perfect metaphor for so much of motherhood, homeschooling, entrepreneurship... honestly, life itself.
From her position on the wall, all she could see was the next handhold, the next challenge. The platform above remained out of her field of vision. Despite my assurances, her limited perspective made the journey feel endless.
How often do we find ourselves in the exact same place?
Maybe motherhood has felt like a loop of giving and giving, without a clear sense of how to come back to you.
Maybe you’ve felt that with your business, unsure if all your effort is actually leading anywhere.
Maybe you're already climbing—but you’re too close to the wall to realize how far you’ve come, or how close your breakthrough really is.
At the playground, I walked closer to her.
"Love," I said gently, "do you trust me?"
A small nod.
"I can see the whole wall from where I’m standing. And I promise you, you’re so close. Just three more moves."
She hesitated. Then reached for the next grip.
Then the next.
And suddenly—she touched the top. Pulled herself up.
Eyes wide. Joy spilling over.
"I did it!" she beamed.
"It looked so much farther from down there!"
✨ That’s the power of perspective.
When you're in it, everything feels overwhelming.
But sometimes, you're just three handholds away from your next level.
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To give you space to zoom out, reconnect, and move forward with power and peace.
To remind you: you’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
You’re not crazy for wanting more.
You're just… ready to rise.
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So if you’re gripping the wall right now, wondering how much further you have to go… Let me be the voice saying: “You’re so close.”
Let’s climb this next bit together.
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With Lots of Love + Sparkle,
Catherine 💖
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