During a heartbreaking season in my teenage years, I was laying on my Nana’s sofa telling her the details of how I’d landed on her burgundy velvet cushions with a shattered heart, and silently hoping she had the quick fix out of my current heartache and into some joy again. 

“Sarah”, she said as she tenderly laid her hand on my head and stroked my hair, “There’s no way but through.”

I didn’t want to hear that. I wanted off this Heartache Train heading straight for a gloomy tunnel and I wanted out. I didn’t want any of it. The tears. The disappointment. The ‘Whys”. The waiting. The hurt heart. The messiness. I wanted to skip over the hard part and get back to really living again.  

I wanted a quick fix. 

Thirty years and two decades of marriage and parenting later, it turns out, Nana was right. 

There’s no way but through this one life we’re living. 

This is true in life. And absolutely true in motherhood.  

But.

There is a way through that makes us better and stronger and tougher. This way is paved with intention, with creativity and fun and wisdom and resolve and we come out on the other side of each season embracing what we’ve learned, rejecting bitterness and despair, and grateful for another day to love our people well.

No Way But Through is just me, pouring out to you all I’ve learned (and am still learning) on my own journey through – how to love your family well, how to parent with intentionality and courage, and how to find joy in every season. 

Thank you for stopping by. I am in awe of and inspired by so many people who share their gifts and wisdom and passions that help me grow and change. It is my hope that each time you visit here, you leave with a little something that empowers you in your own journey through.