Create Anyway, Ashlee Gadd
Create Anyway, Ashlee Gadd
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Create Anyway
The Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood

Author: Ashlee Gadd

Narrator: Ashlee Gadd

Unabridged: 6 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/30/2023


Synopsis

Motherhood and creativity can coexist.

You have creative dreams swirling in your heart, but pursuing them while changing diapers and managing the carpool schedule feels impossible. You have no time. No space. You can mother, or you can create. You certainly can't do both (right?!).

But what if you could pursue your God-given creative gifts alongside motherhood, for the enrichment of both experiences? What if you stopped viewing creativity as a selfish act, and started to see it as essential to your own flourishing as a mother?

This book is a much-needed permission slip to do just that—through the pictures you take, the stories you write, the meals you make, the music you play, the gardens you grow.

In this unforgettable book, writer and mother Ashlee Gadd helps you set aside the guilt and discover the sacred connection between creating and mothering. One-part commissioning, one-part pep talk, Create Anyway will propel you forward with a renewed sense of energy, purpose, and enthusiasm for stewarding the creative dreams God has planted in your heart—right alongside the diapers and carpool.

Here's to creating in the margins of motherhood.

Here's to creating anyway.

About Ashlee Gadd

Ashlee Gadd is a wife, mother, writer and photographer from Sacramento, California. When she’s not dancing in the kitchen with her two boys, Ashlee loves curling up with a good book, lounging in the sunshine, and making friends on the Internet. She loves writing about everything from motherhood and marriage to friendship and faith. Running Coffee + Crumbs is her dream job, x 100.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on March 13, 2023

Reading “Create Anyway,” felt like getting a personal pep talk reminding me that I was made in the image of a Creator who made me to create. More than that, it felt like being handed a permission slip: one reminding me that even as a mother of little kids, I can—should—make the time to pursue creati......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 07, 2023

When my daughter was 15 months old, I signed us up for a Mommy and Me music class. I had zero musical ability, but I was looking for a way to meet moms & have an activity after spending the entirety of my daughter’s life in a pandemic. On the first day of class, the teacher talked to the parents abo......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on July 03, 2023

This was a BALM to my soul. Aloe to a sunburned heart, dried out from the heat of lies believed. I cannot express how much of this book resonated with me. I felt so seen and understood and overwhelmingly grateful as I drank in her words with conviction, repentance, and grace. So helpful. Would make......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on March 15, 2023

Create Anyway is the book I’ve been desperately needing as a mom of young kids. I know my role as a mother is some of the most important work I will ever do, which is why I have struggled to prioritize my creativity. Create Anyway has completely shifted this for me. It has opened my eyes to see that......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on December 11, 2023

Excellent reminder that we are made in the image of God to create, just as He created us.......more