17/06/2025
*I Didn’t Mean to Step Away, But I Needed To*
I’ve been quiet here.
Not because the vision faded. Not because I stopped believing in Indie Inara.
But because life asked me to be still - and when it does that, you listen.
Over the past few months, I’ve been working quietly in the background.
Planning a rebrand. Writing again. Dreaming up something that felt more me.
And then, just as I was starting to bring it all to life - life shifted again.
We had to pull our son from school.
Not because we wanted to, but because we had to.
It was one of the hardest decisions we’ve had to make as parents - and also the clearest.
So, overnight, I became a full-time homeschooling mom.
It hasn’t been easy.
Emotionally, logistically, spiritually - it’s been a lot.
I’ve been grieving what should have been, while trying to create something better with my own hands.
Between lesson plans and tears, between scribbled activities and exhausted nights,
I started to wonder if there was still room for the creative part of me - the part that birthed this space.
But here’s what I’ve learned:
I don’t believe in either/or.
I believe in and.
I am a mother and a maker.
I am tired and inspired.
I am overwhelmed and still wildly in love with the dream.
And more than anything, I’m realising how life has been forcing us all to shift our priorities.
To slow down.
To see what actually matters - and what doesn’t.
Because if the last few months have shown me anything, it’s that tomorrow isn’t promised.
And if something matters to you, you don’t wait. You make space. However imperfectly.
So I’m coming back - slowly, honestly.
Not to launch, not to perform - but to write. To share.
To make space for what’s real and resonant again.
You’ll start seeing more blog-style reflections here - words from the heart, from the quiet in-between places.
You might see bits of what I create for my son - like the busy books I make to help us both feel more anchored.
Not because I have it all figured out, but because this is what creating looks like now: present, imperfect, real.
This isn’t a rebrand in the loud sense - it’s a quiet reawakening.
A reconnection. A coming home to what was always there.
If you’re still here, thank you.
If you’re new, welcome.
And if you’re somewhere in between - exhausted, hopeful, holding your own dreams in one hand and your family in the other - I see you.
We’re all just finding our way back to ourselves.
