Kate Dahlin

Here we go!! No more littles in our house! Congratulations Carson! We are so excited for you!

May is coming! And it always feels like it belongs to mothers and daughters—the quiet, the chaos, and everything in between. It’s in the way hands still reach for each other without thinking, in the shared laughter that sounds the same across generations, and in the unspoken understanding that only the family of you carry.

Mothers teach daughters how to be strong, how to be kind, how to keep going. Daughters remind mothers how to dream, how to soften, how to see the world with fresh eyes again.

Whether you’re side by side every day or carrying each other in your hearts from afar, that bond doesn’t fade—it grows, shifts, and deepens with time.

Here’s to the late-night talks, the car rides, the lessons learned, and the love that never really needs words.

May is for you—for the roots and the wings - May is for memories and it’s for Mema. Legacy living on.

We didn’t post his birthday pictures on Good Friday- we were leaving for out of town, finishing work and eating cake for breakfast! Double ones is going well for this kid! What a privilege and a joy to do life with him and watch him grow! It’s been a magical birthday and blessing for us all to have a little getaway.

When the Lion Inside You Feels Quiet: Faith in a Hard Season

“Come on my soul, don’t you get shy on me… there is a lion inside of these lungs.” Those words have been echoing in my spirit lately—especially in a season where life feels anything but loud with praise. Because if I’m honest, this has been hard. Losing jobs, or people, or sustaining injuries of the heart or body is more than just finances or a bum knee....

When the Lion Inside You Feels Quiet: Faith in a Hard Season “Come on my soul, don’t you get shy on me… there is a lion inside of these lungs.” Those words have been echoing in my spirit lately—especially in a season where life feels anything but loud with p…

It’s true—of all the commandments, “remember the Sabbath and keep it holy” might be the one modern life has quietly erased.

We don’t reject it outright—we just… ignore it.

In a world that praises hustle, rewards busyness, and keeps us constantly connected, a full day of rest feels almost rebellious. Phones buzz, emails pile up, kids have activities, and productivity never really turns off. Even on our “days off,” we’re catching up, cleaning up, or planning ahead.

But the Sabbath was never just about going to church or checking a spiritual box. It was about stopping. Fully. Intentionally. Trusting that the world keeps turning even when we pause—that our worth isn’t tied to what we produce.

And maybe that’s exactly why it’s the most broken commandment—because it directly challenges the way we live now.

If we’re being honest, even within faith spaces, we’ve drifted. Church leaders—often with the best intentions—can unintentionally become part of the pressure. Full calendars, packed Sundays, constant serving, endless programming… it can turn what was meant to be a day of rest into just another kind of work.

When “Sabbath” becomes performance, obligation, or burnout in disguise, we’ve missed it.

We’ve normalized exhaustion.
We’ve spiritualized overcommitment.
We’ve made rest feel like something you have to earn—even from God.

But a true Sabbath says the opposite.

It says:
You are allowed to stop.
You are allowed to rest.
You are allowed to just be.

Imagine what would shift—in our homes, our health, our relationships—if we actually honored one full day each week as sacred again. Not rushed, not scheduled to the brim, not half-working in the background. Just… rest.

Not because everything is done.
But because rest itself is holy.

Maybe the question isn’t whether society has moved past the Sabbath.

Maybe it’s whether we need the courage to reclaim it—even from the systems, expectations, and yes, sometimes even the leadership structures that have forgotten what it was meant to be.

Monday this week the kids were “off” and we took a true Sabbath! It was a reminder we have drifted away from this practice a bit and this Year we are going to bring it back!!

stressing over the new year!

hello people around the world, this is Ace, Kate Dahlin's daughter. Today I am going to talk about the stress we have some times when it is the new season, like 2026 and we just want to get everything done on time so that we are ready for the week, month, or just the new year. I’m twelve, so people expect me to decide stuff - not like I’m a grown-up but still lots more than 1927 or something....

stressing over the new year! hello people around the world, this is Ace, Kate Dahlin’s daughter. Today I am going to talk about the stress we have some times when it is the new season, like 2026 and we just want to get e…

Getting away has a way of widening everything.
Widening perspective.
Widening breath.
Widening the places in my heart that get a little crowded with routine.

Wide open spaces.
Old history standing quietly in the background.
Fresh snow stretched out like a blank canvas — untouched, full of possibility.

There’s something holy about standing in a place that has held so many stories… while realizing we’re still in the middle of writing ours.

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” — Little Women

And then there’s the joy that might be my favorite part:
Girl trips with my daughter.
Laughing. Wandering. Talking about everything and nothing.
Watching her grow while I remember who I am too.

Grateful for distance that brings clarity,
quiet that restores,
and memories that stay long after the snow melts.