Create Anyway

Many mothers carry creative dreams but feel they have no room for them between diapers, carpools and everyday demands. Create Anyway, by writer and mother Ashlee Gadd, takes on the belief that a woman must choose between mothering and creating. It asks what might change if creativity were seen as essential to a mother's own flourishing instead of a selfish indulgence.

Gadd encourages readers to use their God-given creative gifts alongside motherhood, so that each enriches the other. She suggests many outlets: photography, writing, cooking, music and gardening. The book blends personal storytelling with photographs, and it works as both a nudge to begin and a word of encouragement for the days when it feels hard.

Her aim is to help mothers set aside guilt and recognize the sacred link between creating and mothering. She hopes they will come away with fresh energy and purpose for tending the creative dreams God has placed in their hearts, even in the small gaps of a busy family life.