Agbara Roots

09/11/2026

I release what requires me to abandon myself.

I return what was never mine to carry.
I keep what nourishes, protects, reciprocates, and grows.

I do not have to earn rest through exhaustion or belonging through usefulness.

I will recognize enough when I am standing inside it.

What is mine may enter.

What drains without tending me may remain outside the door.

I hold the key. 🔑💗 I remember me.

TGIF Vibes

09/07/2026

😂🤣😂🤣 meanwhile I'm hauling feed & scooping coops

09/06/2026

Some Sundays are for slow mornings, long cups of coffee, and nowhere to be.... And Some Sundays… you wake up already mentally carrying Monday, three problems have sprouted six more, the plans need plans, the budget needs miracles, and Mama realizes she's only halfway through the day. 😮‍💨😂

So today, we made brunch...

Because when I can't solve everything at once, I can still come back to something simple: a warm kitchen, little hands eager to help, food made with intention, and a table where we can sit together for a moment.

One of the ways I love my family, and increasingly, one of the ways I'm learning to love myself, is through nourishment.

Not just feeding everybody... But Real Life Nourishment.

You know, the kind that says, we're tired, but we're here!

There's a lot waiting for us, but it can wait long enough to eat. We are still worthy of sweetness in the middle of hard things.

Today's little bit of sweetness: Brown Sugar Cinnamon Sourdough Discard Waffles, strawberries, and crispy chicken because Sunday afternoon said BRUNCH. 🧇🍓🍗

So, Agbara Roots family... how was your weekend? Did you rest, cook, garden, gather, catch up, completely abandon the to-do list… or simply make it through? 🤎

Whatever kind of weekend you had, I hope you find one small way to nourish yourself before Monday arrives.

Some roots are inherited. Others are reclaimed. 🌿 Agbara Roots.

** Recipe In The Comments, for Good Measure 💗

09/02/2026

🍂✨ HELLO, SEPTEMBER ✨🍂

The “BER” months are officially here, and around here that means the first cool mornings, cinnamon drifting through open doors, ridiculously cozy cups of coffee, fall decorations slowly finding their way home, and just enough crisp air to convince us that sweater weather has arrived. 😂☕🎃

But September feels like it's bringing something else with it this year... An invitation to come home to ourselves. 🌿

To explore a little deeper. To notice what fills us, and what drains us. To reconnect with the people we love. To make room for laughter, creativity, rest, adventure, nourishment and maybe even a little soul searching along the way.

So this month, we're making a different kind of bucket list. ❤️ Not one filled with things we have to accomplish, but experiences we'd love to give ourselves.

🍁 Nourish yourself well.

🍁 Make something simply because creating feels good.

🍁 Get outside and wander somewhere beautiful.

🍁 Call someone who fills your cup.

🍁 Make the cozy meal. Light the candle.

🍁 Clear one space that has been weighing on you.

🍁 Journal, pray, meditate, sit quietly—or simply listen.

🍁 Speak something kind over yourself.

🍁 Try something new.

🍁 Rest without requiring yourself to earn it.

🍁 Make memories with your family, your friends, your partner—or entirely by yourself.

🍁 And leave a little room for September to surprise you.

Because self-love isn't reserved for women, spa days, or solitary rituals. Sometimes it looks like a father taking his kids somewhere ridiculous and fun. A family piling onto the couch for a movie. Friends sharing dinner. Someone taking themselves on an afternoon adventure. A long walk. A belly laugh. A nap. A boundary. A homemade meal. A new dream. Or simply deciding: I deserve to participate in my own life, too. 🌿

Sooo This Month... Just Ask...

What do I want more of?
What am I ready to release?
What deserves my attention?
What makes me feel alive?

And how can I love myself—and the people around me—a little better while I'm here?

So here's to September. 🍂✨ Welcome

We're ready to see what grows. 🌿🍂✨

So Much 🤎 Agbara Roots

08/24/2026

Friends… we are officially one week away from September.

And August? Whew. 😮‍💨

It has been full of beauty & bruises... big hopes, hard turns, sweet moments, heavy ones, growing things, changing things, and a few things life apparently decided I would be releasing whether I scheduled that particular spiritual activity or not. 😂

So around here, we're practicing something very sophisticated:

Continuing.

Rest when we need rest. 🌿
Tend what still needs tending. 🌱
Release what has reached its season. 🍂

Keep a little warmth waiting for ourselves. 🔥 And make something GOOD to eat because enlightenment is lovely, but everybody still wants dinner. 😂

Which means we are officially entering one of my favorite fall seasons:

PUT IT IN THE CROCK POT & GODSPEED. 🍲🙏🏾

Because some of us are working, parenting, healing, dreaming, tending homes, animals and hearts all while staring into the refrigerator at 5:47 p.m. hoping dinner reveals itself through divine intervention is NOT a sustainable meal plan. 😭😂

This fall I'm dreaming of:

🍎 Apple-cider pulled pork
🍗 Maple-Dijon chicken & sweet potatoes
🥕 Rosemary beef & root vegetable stew
🎃 Pumpkin turkey chili
🫘 Smoky white bean, and sausage soup
🌽 Chicken & wild rice harvest soup
🥖 …and warm bread beside absolutely all of it.

Because sometimes self-care is meditation beneath the trees…

…and sometimes it's remembering at 1:30 p.m. that YOU ALREADY PUT DINNER IN THE CROCK POT. 🙌🏾😂

As August loosens its grip, I'm carrying forward what was beautiful, tending what got bruised, and leaving room for whatever September brings.

Ebb. Flow. Tend. Release. Nourish. Repeat.

If you're moving forward through something beautiful, bruised, unfinished, uncertain... or all four in one, we'll all surely figure it out as we go.

Preferably with snacks.

Godspeed. 😂🙏🏾🌿

Its like Cedar & Sage this Ebb & Flow 🍂


Rooted Living One Moment At A Time!

08/24/2026

It's Officially Monday AFTER Noon lol Fresh Brown Sugar Banana Muffins & My 2nd Cup of Coffee ✔️

Check Out Purposeful Pours for some more home caffination Motivation!! ✨️☕️🧘🏾‍♀️

08/17/2026

08/17/2026

It's been a little quiet around here this week, but goodness, life certainly hasn't been.

This week has been full of new beginnings, graduate-school to-dos, family life, work life, dreams unfolding, and approximately 487 things asking to be done at the exact same time. 😂 Somewhere in all that beautiful mayhem, there simply weren't many spare moments left to stop by here and say hello.

But tonight, the kitchen called me home. 💗 Maple & Oats Pumpkin Strudel Muffins came out of the oven warm, soft, deeply spiced and piled high with buttery oat crumble that apparently smelled good enough to inspire a minor bedtime rebellion. 😂

I divided two muffins between the kids with a little milk for a 9:45 p.m. "taste" before bed.

Reasonable.

Responsible.

Motherly.

Then somehow another entire muffin mysteriously disappeared and more milk was poured. 🧐😂

So the remaining muffins have officially been placed under protective custody until morning. Teeth brushed. Babies tucked in. Monday breakfast secured. 🧁✨

Maybe that's our little bit of Monday mojo this week...

Life doesn't always leave room for elaborate rituals of rest and restoration. Sometimes care looks like stealing a quiet Sunday evening, stirring pumpkin and spice into a bowl, and leaving something warm and lovely waiting for the people you love in the morning.

The roots are still growing even during the busy weeks. 🌿

The hearth is still warm... and tomorrow, whatever Monday brings, we have muffins. 😆💗🙌🏾

Wishing our Agbara Roots family a gentle start, a little sweetness, and something that makes Monday feel just a bit more like home.

Born in Power. Rooted in Love. 🌾💗

08/10/2026

Shine, Create and Rust (Which I later Realized Was Trust 😆) ✨️💗🙏🏾


Please Don't Rust On Me... How are you holding up??

💛 Agbara Roots

08/04/2026

Happy first Monday of August 🤎

Let's be honest...

It's still way too hot to be thinking about sweaters... ...and yet here I am baking Brown Sugar Walnut Pumpkin Muffins anyway. 😌🧁

There is just something about August that whispers, Fall is coming, and Fall is Definitely my Fav!!

Maybe it's the slower sunsets... Maybe it's knowing the holidays aren't so far away... Or maybe some of us simply keep cinnamon in our hearts year-round 😜🍁

This season always fills me with dreams of crisp mornings, warm bread, orchard walks, cozy candles, soup simmering on the stove, muddy boots (well there's always muddy boots 🤣) and gathering around the table with the people we love.

Until then... I'll happily settle for pumpkin muffins and imagining cooler days.

🍂 Now I want to know... What Season Do You Most Look Forward To??

What is the very FIRST thing that makes you feel like fall?

🍎 Apple picking? 🎃 Pumpkin patches? 🥣 Soup season? 🍞 Fresh baked bread? 🔥 Bonfires? ☕ The return of your favorite coffee? 📚 Cozy books? 🌧 Rain on the windows?

🎄 (No judgment if you're already thinking Christmas. 😉) I'd love to dream about it all with you. 🤎

— Agbara Roots 🌾

Some roots are inherited. Others are reclaimed.