“A Season of Soft Strength: A Thanksgiving Letter to Every Woman Who Carries the Home” - Dawn Love
- Nov 16
- 2 min read
The holidays have a way of pulling on a woman’s heart from every direction. You’re the warmth in the kitchen, the glue in the family, the steady voice that makes chaos feel like home. As Thanksgiving creeps up—soft and loud at the same time—it’s easy to feel like you’ve got to be everything for everybody. But you don’t. You only have to be you. And that, sis, is more than enough.
From the voice of Just Dawn Love: this season isn’t about performing perfection. It’s about honoring the strength, softness, and spirit God already placed inside you. You’ve carried a lot. You’ve healed from things nobody ever apologized for. You’ve kept your family standing on days when you barely felt like standing yourself. That’s excellence. That’s legacy. That’s womanhood in motion.
To prepare your heart for this Thanksgiving season, give yourself permission to slow the pace. Break the myth that you must cook every dish, host every moment, solve every problem. Delegate. Say no without guilt. Take shortcuts if you need to—nobody will die if the mac and cheese come from a box once, and if they do, they can cook it next year. Protect your peace like the expensive luxury it is.
When the overwhelm starts creeping in, step outside and breathe for a minute. Touch the earth. Remind yourself that you’re human—not a holiday machine. If depression tries to whisper that you’re failing, answer back with truth: your presence, not your performance, is what your children will remember. If the workload piles up, break it into what must be done today versus what you’d like to get done. Life gets lighter when you stop treating every to-do item like a test.
Most importantly, take care of you. Eat something warm. Play your favorite song while you’re seasoning the turkey. Give yourself a compliment in the mirror. Rest without asking permission. Love on your kids, yes—but love on yourself harder. You deserve to feel the same joy you work so hard to create for everyone else.
You are not just preparing a holiday—you’re preparing a season of peace, strength, and gratitude within your own spirit. And when you stand in that, everything around you shifts. The family feels it. The home feels it. And you feel it. This Thanksgiving, walk into your blessings fully aware of who you are: a woman of excellence, a mother with fire in her soul, and a heart made of gold. You deserve the softness you give out every day. Step into it boldly.
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