Spiced golden tumeric latte and New Year thoughts

Started off this New Year day with a sore throat

and was coughing all night long. Lani has been teething

since the second week of December so i’m running on very little over here.

And as i’m typing that out, God is showing me how even when we run on little, we still have a lot. I have a roof over my head, a home that keeps me warm, food in the fridge, healthy babies— gratitude on gratitude.

So we rejoice because the Lord sustains us! Amirite?

It’s incredible how fast your energy and your spirit can shift when you center yourself in gratitude. How differently would you days look if you started off by counting your blessings?

Anyways, I decided I wanted to make small daily commitments to myself this year because at the end of a lifetime, it’s those small, tiny commitments that make the biggest transformations. There’s something about sharing your desires out loud that makes it so much more tangible.

I know there’s more but for now it’s 3 simple things.

1. Going to bed early every night by 9 PM. I’ve always been a night owl for as long as I remember. Even the days when I set my alarm clock for 5 AM to start weight training. But being a mom now means I sure as heck should be prioritizing any chance for sleep that I can get. I hope that going to bed early means I’ll get to wake up early and spend quiet mornings with God, deep in the silence, deep in the living Word.

2. Daily quiet time with the Lord. Even if it’s just 5 minutes. Using that time to completely pause, breathe and meditate on the Lord’s presence.

3. Strengthen my relationship with writing. For the month of January, I’m publishing something every single day on Substack to get the creative writing juices flowing- no exceptions, no hiding. I’m not doing this to be impressive but to be refined. After January, i’ll publish monthly but right now, this daily rhythm feels necessary. I’m committing not just to writing, but to publishing. Letting the words be seen. Letting them exist outside of me.

This isn’t about perfection or polish-ness or even clarity.

It’s about obedience.

It’s about showing up.

When i write, it feels like my soul is taking an inhale of fresh air and when I hit the publish button, it feels like a big exhale. When I don’t write, I feel like I’m suffocating.

I suppose this is what happens when God places a high calling on us.

It’s not optional. It is so deeply woven into our human design that it feels like we’re slowly decaying if we ignore it and don’t exercise in our giftings. We don’t collapse all at once- we just slowly lose oxygen. This daily engagement is where i’m starting and i’m so excited to see what comes out of this. No expectations, just pure hearted faithfulness.

I’m excited not because I know what will come out of this, but because I don’t. There’s something sacred about showing up without control, without a plan, and trusting that God will meet me in the act itself.

I want to walk through the fire with my writing this year. I want it to burn away what feels performative, safe, or self-preserved. I want the heat to expose what’s real. I want Him to refine me as a conduit and use me. I want to come out refined, lighter, truer. Whatever survives this fire is what God intends to use. And I’m willing to step into the flames to find out what that is.

Writing, for me, isn’t a hobby but a way that God keeps me awake, conscious, present, honest, and alive.

So let it burrrrrn baby!

Im quite literally cracking up at how i had the idea to share my short latte recipe but it became this longer post instead. See you never know what needs to be said until you show up to say the thing!

Anyways, i’m sure i’ll have more to share around this when I feel it out a little more but for now, here’s my recipe for a spiced tumeric golden latte - Tumeric is known for anti-inflammatory properties and I wanted to make something that would soothe my throat but give me energy. This is a well known Ayurvedic go to.

It’s perfect for mornings like these where you’re running on little fuel but still got a lot to give.

Sometimes a mama just needs a strong punch, nah meanz?

I made this with our new Breville espresso machine I got for a great deal on Facebook Marketplace.

The first sip made me smile so I had to share.

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Spiced Tumeric Golden Latte Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/4 tsp of ground organic tumeric

• 1/4 tsp of ginger (if you have fresh ginger, grating that right in there is even better!)

• 1 cup of milk of choice

• 1 tbsp of organic maple syrup

• espresso beans

• pinch of himalayan salt

• ground black pepper *Important* to activate the tumeric

• cinnamon

Directions:

1. I started off by grounding my beans. Then adding the tumeric, ginger, maple syrup then using a hand frother to mix it together.

2. Then I steamed the milk until it was silky (still learning how to perfect this part so I can get into some cool latte art.

3. Then added it into the cup of espresso.

4. Added a pinch of himalayan salt, pepper and cinnamon on top.

It’s the perfect blend of cozy, soothing sweetness with a kick.

Just like the kick in the you know what that this mama is going to need today

=D

While you’re here, what’s a small daily action you’re committing to?

See you in the next post and thanks for sticking around.

Warmly,

Today’s devotional thought to meditate on:

“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is— his good, pleasing and perfect will.

-Romans 12:2