The Benefits of Prioritizing Yourself In Motherhood

February 4, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

I’m going to be honest with you. I’ve felt like I’ve been on an ongoing journey with learning how to prioritize myself in my life, learning to make space for “me”. For some people this may sound silly. “How can you not make space for yourself in your own life?” But for people who have […]

Sunday’s With Syd: “A New Hope For The New Year”

January 9, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”-1 Peter 1:3 (NASB) It is finally 2021! A new year full of so many possibilities and so much […]

Making Your Home Life An Idol

November 15, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

“You shall have no other gods before me.“-Exodus 20:3 There have been quite a few times in my life when I have put my relationship with God on the back burner to prioritize other things. It seems foolish to say, but it has happened so easily for me that I’d hardly notice that I was […]

Sunday’s With Syd: The Blessing In Setting Boundaries.

November 1, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hey, Superwoman! You are always working overtime to be everything that everyone in your life needs. No wonder you feel drained. I’ve been there and I can tell you firsthand that a good set of boundaries is exactly what’s needed. Setting boundaries is literally a way of life. There are boundaries to just about everything. […]

Sunday’s With Syd: Biblical Advice for Overwhelmed Mothers

October 25, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

How is it that the same little people that bring you the most joy you’ve ever known, cause you more stress than you ever imagined possible? I am going to get real for a second and admit something that as a Mama, I’m pretty sure you’re not supposed to admit. Sometimes I don’t feel like […]

Sunday’s With Syd: My Top 7 Anxiety Reducing Scriptures

October 17, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

Life has no shortness of anxiety inducing situations and once you are a mother, your stress is amplified by ten! Choosing a meal for dinner goes from being an afterthought before children to being a panic attack inducing deliberation. (You have a taste for salmon but your toddler hates salmon but you need to cook […]

Sundays With Syd: “Identity Crisis”

October 11, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” Toni Morrison I have gone through so many transformations as a woman in my short twenty-seven years on this earth, with each transformation being drastically different from the last. I’ve been a Tom-boy, rough, into sports and absolutely uninterested in my personal […]