There’s a kind of work that doesn’t look like much from the outside. It’s the quiet, unglamorous, not-very-Instagrammable kind. The kind where you show up every day, make decisions no one sees, and try not to scream into the void when you get the same email for the fifth time asking for a document you’ve already sent. Twice.
That’s been our life at Taeda lately. If you’ve been watching from the outside and thinking, “Are they doing anything?” Trust me. We’ve been doing so much. It just doesn’t come with pretty photos or a highlight reel.
This season has been full of waiting, back-and-forths, reworking plans, second-guessing everything, and trying to remember that even if nothing looks different… something is still growing.
We’ve prayed. We’ve scribbled and re-scribbled plans. We’ve whispered doubts over dinner and reminded each other why we’re doing this in the first place.
This is what we are currently working with physically, but all the paperwork and permits are coming. The song “let beauty come out of ashes,” in all its sarcasm comes to mind.
Progress has been happening under the surface, even when the land stayed quiet.
And wow, invisible progress is exhausting. There’s no “ta-da” moment. No before and after. Just the slow build. The internal work. The faithful steps that lay a foundation for what’s coming.
So if you’re in a season like this, whether it’s in your family, your work, or your own healing, I see you. You’re not behind. You’re building something real. It just hasn’t bloomed yet.
And it’s okay if the process doesn’t make sense to anyone else. It’s still worth it.
