When Spring Feels Like Too Much Spring is supposed to feel hopeful. Chicks are hatching. The garden beds need turning. Windows are open. The sourdough starter is bubbling again. Projects are waiting, closets need to be purged, and longer days are to be enjoyed. And yet… instead of excitement, you feel exhausted. If you are raising children while also caring for aging parents, managing a household, supporting a spouse, working (paid or unpaid), and trying to keep your faith and health intact, you are part of what researchers call the sandwich generation. And the truth is this: Sandwich generation...
The Sandwich Generation Burnout Is Real: 7 Signs You’re Running on Empty (and What to Do About It)
March 6, 2026 in Faith & Heart, Family Life, Marriage & Relationships, Raising Kids, Raising Parents
When Spring Feels Like Too Much Spring is supposed to feel hopeful. Chicks are hatching. The garden beds need turning. Windows are open. The sourdough starter is bubbling again. Projects are waiting, closets need to be purged, and longer days are to be enjoyed. And yet… instead of excitement, you feel exhausted. If you are raising children while also caring for aging parents, managing a household, supporting a spouse, working (paid or unpaid), and trying to keep your faith and health intact, you are part of what researchers call the sandwich generation. And the truth is this: Sandwich generation...
Caregiving Is Becoming a Financial Stress Multiplier: What the Sandwich Generation Needs to Know Now
January 26, 2026 in Family Life, Raising ParentsWhen Love and Money Collide Have you ever looked at your bank account and wondered how caring for the people you love has quietly become one of your largest expenses? For millions of adults in the sandwich generation, caregiving is no longer just an...
When Patience Is the Assignment: Learning to Trust God in the Waiting
January 19, 2026 in Chickens & Animals, Faith & Family Life, Faith & Heart, Family Life, Homestead, Raising Kids, Raising ParentsLearning to Trust God in the Waiting (Caregiving, Motherhood, Homesteading, and the Sacred Work of Becoming) The Prayer We’re Afraid to Pray Have you ever caught yourself saying, “Lord, give me patience”—and immediately wanted to take it back? I once had a friend gently...
The Hidden Ministry of Caregiving
November 24, 2025 in Encouragement & Prayer, Faith & Family Life, Faith & Heart, Raising ParentsCaregiving rarely looks like ministry. It doesn’t announce itself with a sermon or begin with a worship song. Most days, it looks like wiping down counters for the fifth time, waiting through doctor’s appointments, repeating instructions, navigating hard emotions, and trying to hold your...
When Coming Home Isn’t the End: Navigating Mom’s Homecoming After Rehab
November 4, 2025 in Family Life, Personal Reflection, Raising ParentsWhen Mom finally came home from the rehab facility, we expected progress — or at least stability. After all, she’d spent nearly two months there following her hip fracture, receiving occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy. We assumed there would be a care...
The Financial Squeeze on the Sandwich Generation
October 27, 2025 in Family Life, Raising Kids, Raising ParentsThe Financial Squeeze on the Sandwich Generation: Caring from Both Ends Without Losing Your Balance When You’re the Bridge Holding Everyone Up For many of us in the sandwich generation, life feels like a constant balancing act—financially, emotionally, and spiritually. We’re supporting aging parents...
Tech-Enabled Caregiving: Giving Mom Freedom and Safety
October 9, 2025 in Family Life, Raising ParentsDisclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase through my links at no extra cost to you. I only recommend products I truly use and trust. Thank you for supporting With Love Leslie. Caring for our...
Becoming a Proverbs 31 Woman: Balancing Wife, Mother, and Caregiver Roles with Grace
September 29, 2025 in Devotionals, Faith & Family Life, Faith & Heart, Family Life, Marriage & Relationships, Raising Kids, Raising ParentsThe Proverbs 31 woman has long been admired as the standard of godly womanhood. She is diligent, wise, compassionate, and strong. She tends to her home, supports her husband, raises her children, and extends her hands to others in need. For many of us...
Helping Our Parents Age Gracefully: Faith, Compassion, and Practical Support
September 14, 2025 in Caregiver Checklists, Faith & Family Life, Faith & Heart, Family Life, Printables, Raising ParentsAging is a season none of us can escape, yet it brings with it both beauty and heartbreak. For me, this truth became very real recently when my mom suffered a fall that led to two brain bleeds and a traumatic brain injury (TBI)....








