You're in! Welcome to the Homemade Bread Society

FRIEND. I'm so happy you're here! I know your time and energy are precious commodities, so I don't take this lightly. I solemnly swear to do everything I can to make it worth your while.

I just sent you an email with some thoughts I've had about you and this project...I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I'll be in touch over the coming days with some workshops/courses to look into, along with your resource library.

In the meantime, if you know a friend, sister, or neighbor who could benefit from this content, please share the link with her! I want to get these resources out to as many faith-centered moms as possible.

More to come!

How the Homemade Bread Society Was Born

By Shalon Ironroad (Pronunciation guide: rhymes with "salon")

My "homemade bread" journey began when I was 7 years old. My mom was diagnosed with Leukemia right after Halloween, entered the hospital around Thanksgiving, and passed away right after Christmas. It was an unexpected whirlwind that rocked my family, in some ways we'll never recover from. Even though it happened when I was a child, it shifted my philosophy and approach to motherhood decades later.

Losing my mom taught me many things -- one of which being that none of us know how much time we have here on this rollercoaster of life. Her passing is a daily reminder to me that our time here -- messy and unpredictable and imperfect as it is -- is a gift. And to spend it with the people we love most is something to treasure.

AND. That said...

Supporting a family is expensive. Life in today's world typically requires more than a single income. That's what brought me to this work-from-home journey. My husband was in law school, and our family needed both of us to contribute financially. Daycare didn't make sense for us, so I learned how to create my own business from home. In many ways it was the harder choice than getting an office job. But the moments of connection with my kids it has allowed me is worth every bit of mess and challenge.

That's where this project comes in. I'm sharing what I've learned over the last 16+ years of working from home with kids, in hopes of helping you create what works best for your family (or at least showing you plenty of options to choose from) while enriching your relationship with your motherhood.

I can't wait to learn more about you. Welcome to the Homemade Bread Society!

My gorgeous mom + me

Hopes for this project:

You will know you have a friend out there who gets it
Through something you find here, you feel more supported and confident in your unique abilities and contributions
You will feel an increase of joy in your motherhood
You'll make money from home (if you want to)!
You will walk/click away feeling God's love for you
What you find here is so useful, when you hear of someone looking for help with working from home, you'll automatically think of it and send them the link! <wink>

Want to get in touch? Click here to contact me via email

We're creating:

More Connection

Supportive strands that make the "doing" part of motherhood more fun and fulfilling

Less Stress

Simple truths that help reduce panic and raise perspective to a realistic view

More Meaning

Making the most of the time we have with the people we love, and lifting those around us

More Success
(on our own terms)

Learning principles of intentional time, energy, and resource management to earn more revenue and make room for more joy in life

The Homemade Bread Manifesto

Working from home while raising kids can be messy and challenging, but also wonderfully rewarding. We are women who embrace all of it.

The Homemade Bread Society is all about...

Not fitting into a one-size-fits-all mold of how our motherhood, womanhood, and careers should be. Just like all of the different kinds of bread--Yeast, quick, fry, flat, rolls, loaves, muffins, pretzels, donuts--all formed from pretty much the same ingredients; just different combinations, quantities, and cooking methods. Just like us!

Striving for things that challenge us beyond our comfort zones. (example... one of my most devastating kitchen experiences was over an attempted loaf of "simple" white bread).

Infusing wholesome learning + growing experiences all throughout our homes and communities (have you smelled homemade bread!? HEAVEN.)

Creating lasting memories with our kids, that they'll carry through life and into their own future families.

Following basic principles, but adding our own edits to make it work for our talents and tastes.

Slowing down and doing some things the old-fashioned way (i.e. taking time to let the ingredients work together, rather than rushing just to check things off of a list)

Creating connection and sharing with others (there's always an extra loaf to give away).

Making space for God to work with us, through our Savior, Jesus Christ (the bread of life)

Exchanging the quick and easy for the messier, more challenging, but SO much more rewarding results.

Total engagement -- rolling up our sleeves and getting in with both of our hands.

Embracing the mess and allowing room for the magic.