Exercising boundaries with toxic family members can feel like a Herculean feat. Trust me, I know. In fact, there may come a time when your efforts to set boundaries with a toxic family member are met with so much resistance…
It’s hard to think of this festive season without some holiday cheer (read: food and booze). There’s no denying holidays are synonymous with a seemingly endless flow of libations and feasts complete with the usual suspects: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes,…
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Family dynamics can be…..complicated. And when the pressure of the holiday season is added on top of that, it can be a lot for anyone to manage. Whether you are really lucky like myself and have a really wonderful, close…
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When it comes to seeking happiness, I know I’ve found myself in the past buying into the trap that buying the next big item, taking a vacation, or getting a promotion will be what finally gives me the satisfaction we are…
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Mornings as a mama are HECTIC, as we all know. Most mornings I try my very best to great the day with a peaceful and Zen-like vibe and then 30 minutes later I find myself shrieking across the house for…
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Are you in that phase of life where you are desperate to change your life completely? You are done with all the nonsense. You are done feeling low all the time, and you are done playing small with yourself. You’re…
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First, let me thank everyone for the overwhelming response to our blog “Friendship Break Ups.” I read all the notes and DMs and am truly thankful for such a sweet and uplifting community. I wanted to take a minute to…
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She was my person. We’d been best friends for ten years. And we’d done everything in those ten years together–picked up the pieces of each other after heartbreaks, danced the night away at bars until we stumbled out at 2AM…
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The leaves are falling, the sweaters are coming out (just for the early morning hours if you live in Texas!), and the fall-themed treats and decorations are hitting the stores. Fall is FINALLY here!!! As the days grow shorter (and colder…
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There’s something magical about this time of year: the nostalgia of back-to-school vibes, pumpkins on every doorstep, the hint of crisp weather, and sunsets so pretty you’d think they were fake. I love fall, but after the initial excitement of…
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Hi, I’m Jaime — writer, mother, storyteller, and the heart behind The Wildflower Edit. For nearly a decade, I wrote online as The Princess and the Prosthetic, sharing my daughter’s journey with disability and the lessons our family learned along the way. It was a beautiful season — full of advocacy, connection, and community — but as my daughter grew older, I felt a shift. She deserved more autonomy. More privacy. More room to decide how she shows up in the world. And I realized something else: My own story was expanding too. Motherhood was still here. Disability was still here. But so were grief, healing, womanhood, nervous system care, feminine energy, homemaking, identity, softness… the fuller, deeper pieces of life that were ready to be spoken aloud. Whether you come for the cozy routines, the motherhood reflections, the disability advocacy, or the soft life inspiration — thank you for choosing to share this space with me. Pour a warm drink. Settle in. Let’s grow a life that feels like you again.
Jaime
