Welcome to The Timing of Growth 🌿

I’m so glad you’re here.

If you’ve found your way to this little corner of the internet, something tells me you’re in a season of healing, or maybe you’re just hoping for one. You’re trying to grow - emotionally, spiritually, maybe even literally through your own hands in the dirt - and you're wondering if God is still present in all of it. You’re not alone. That’s why this space exists.

Why “The Timing of Growth”?

The name came to me in one of those quiet moments - when the house was still, my Bible was open, and my plants were all leaning toward the light like they knew something I didn’t. I was in therapy at the time. Deep in it, actually. Digging up roots I didn’t even know were still there. I had my faith, but I was also dealing with years of trauma, heartbreak, and the slow, gritty work of becoming whole.

I realized something simple but profound: growth takes time.
And more than that - it takes God’s time.

Like the garden, healing can’t be forced. Some seasons look dry and dormant on the surface, but underneath, the roots are spreading. And sometimes God does His best work in the soil we’re tempted to abandon.

That truth became my anchor.

What This Space Is About

The Timing of Growth is where I’ll be sharing stories from my life - moments of breakthrough, hard truths from therapy, reflections on scripture, and the small lessons I’m learning from plant care. Each post will hold a thread of grace, some practical wisdom, and a whole lot of hope.

You can expect:

• Honest reflections on faith, healing, trauma, and therapy
• Encouragement from God’s Word - without performance or pretense
• Metaphors from the garden (because God speaks to me through leaves, y’all)
• And gentle reminders that you are not behind - you’re becoming
  
  

Who It’s For

This space is for the ones who feel like they should be further along by now.

It’s for the ones who are learning how to trust again - God, people, themselves.

It’s for those who’ve been told that therapy and faith are in conflict (they’re not), and for anyone who’s sitting in the tension between who they’ve been and who they’re becoming.

If you’re growing - no matter how slowly - you belong here.

Why It Matters to Me

I know what it feels like to be buried by life. To sit in a church pew and wonder if healing is possible for someone like you. To open a Bible and feel like the words are meant for everyone else. I also know what it feels like to come out the other side. Not perfect. Not polished. But rooted.

This blog isn’t about pretending I have it all together. It’s about being honest about what God is doing in real time - in therapy rooms, in scripture, in garden beds, and in the tender spaces of my heart.

So… welcome.
Pull up a chair.
Bring your story. Bring your soil.

There’s room for you here.

Because healing takes time. Faith takes tending.
And growth? It’s holy, even when it’s slow.

– Cath 🌱