Some nights, the win is just having the girls in bed by 8:00 p.m.
After a full day of work-from-home parenting, that little window of quiet—where the house is calm, the dishes are done (or at least soaking), and there’s time to sit down with a warm meal together—feels like a small miracle. And in many ways, it is.
Cata and I have always worked best as a team. When we were dating, one of our favorite shared rhythms was meal planning. We’d choose a few recipes, shop together, and enjoy cooking side by side. These days, with two toddlers at our feet, that tag-team effort has evolved. Sometimes one of us starts a meal while the other wrangles bedtime routines, and the other jumps in to finish. Divide and conquer, as they say.
It’s not always seamless. There are moments when emotions get the better of us. Stress creeps in. We miss the mark. But we try not to stay there. We come back to prayer. We come back to quiet reflection, or to conversation that helps us course-correct.
Working from home with our little ones always close by means constant collaboration—not just in our work but in how we parent, share the load, and show up for each other and the girls. We take breaks not just to rest but to play. We try to be intentional with the time we have, whether inside on the floor with puzzles or outside chasing bubbles.
Galatians 5:22-23 comes to mind: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” These qualities don’t magically appear in the chaos of family life—but they are what we ask God to grow in us, especially on the messy days.
At the end of a long Monday, we eased into the evening with full hearts, knowing we had done our best to love well, serve well, and lean on each other. And that’s a win worth celebrating.
Take heart, fellow parents. The Spirit is bearing fruit in your everyday faithfulness—one bedtime, one meal, one quiet moment at a time.
A Prayer for Today
Father, thank You for the gift of family and the grace You give us daily to love well. Help us to walk in the fruit of Your Spirit—especially in the small, unseen moments. When we feel overwhelmed, remind us that You are with us, strengthening us to parent with patience, kindness, and joy. Teach us to work together with gentleness and self-control, and to always come back to You in prayer. Amen.
Luke at This! 
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