Denny the Singing Mama

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Denny the Singing Mama

📖Open Book on Motherhood + Mental Health
🎤Singing through my 3-kid circus!
🤰🏻L&D nurse👮🏼‍♂️Wife🌿Northern CA

01/07/2026

Sometimes we just need a cute T-shirt to remind us that it will all be worth it someday - all the crazy hard times we have gone through as moms! The link for this shirt and SO many other cute ones with different designs and verses is in my bio!

But to get deep for a sec…I remember a time, back when I was deep in PPD, when a good friend of mine and I were talking about the difficulties of motherhood. She said something along the lines of, “but motherhood is meant to be sacrificial - it’s kingdom work!”

It struck me in that moment that not all motherhoods are created equal. I held nothing against this mom for what she said and how it affected me - but the truth is that I took those words and added them to the pile of guilt and shame within me. I envied her and how she was able to walk through her difficulties with a kingdom mindset while I felt as if I could barely keep my head above water each day.

BUT, I have learned through my mental health struggles that more than one thing can be true. Yes, motherhood is kingdom work, but no - the weight of my children’s future is not entirely on me. If it were, my faith would be null. How I parent matters, but the grace that Jesus offers matters more.

Motherhood has broken me apart and put me back together more times than I can count. It is the playing field on which God has done so much work in my heart - showing me firsthand what it looks like to love like Jesus loves. But it has also helped me see the bigger picture - that God is taking broken things and using them for good. Postpartum depression & anxiety don’t get to have the final say - Jesus does 🙌🏼

12/29/2025

I know this probably seems staged but it wasn’t. I was FINALLY feeling the sun on my face after a lot of literal darkness, so I hit record on my phone (cause us weirdos online do that I guess 😅).

I tend to hear God through music a lot, and this new song on the radio (He’s a Forgiving God by ) was no exception.

But then my radio randomly cut out, and I didn’t think too much about it until later when I went to look up what the song was called. I got curious about that missing lyric, and this is what it was:

Listen, *cause He’s calling.*

Maybe it’s just me, but the fact that the lyric about Him calling to us went silent spoke more clearly to me than any megaphone could.

I’d argue that it’s usually in the silence that we hear Him most. And this world can be very loud, overstimulating and distracting. We often wonder where He is, but don’t bother to stop and listen.

“…and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.” 1 Kings 19: 11, 12

Lord, thank you for the “whisper” moments in my life. Thank you that you reminded me through this moment that You are always near, I just need to listen. Thank you that you are powerful enough to tear down mountains, yet you choose to speak to me in the form of a gentle whisper.

12/19/2025

Time is a thief, but postpartum depression and anxiety are the biggest thieves in my life.

12/16/2025

There is so much more that has happened and that I could share about from the past 6 years of battling my mental health. But this video is already long enough 😅 I am hoping to continue sharing this journey with you all because I know it’s just not as openly talked about and I think it should be.

Like, at what point after PPD do we try to see what our baseline is? If I kept going to my psychiatrist with my symptoms, would she keep prescribing or would she ever tell me that maybe my body needs a reset? I don’t know, and every person is different. I am so thankful for a therapist who has been helping me process all this.

Here’s to healing and hopefully getting off meds in 2026 ✌🏼

12/13/2025

To the one grieving an unimaginable loss.
To the one who thought this would finally be the year they announced a pregnancy, only to see another negative test.
To the exhausted postpartum mama who wonders if her symptoms are PPD.
To the one who walks into a room filled with friends but still feels alone.
To the woman on the verge of divorce.
To the mom barely holding it together for her family that’s falling apart.
To the one wondering what the point of any of this is anymore.

This is for you, and you are why Jesus came. You are why He chose the humble form of a baby born to a young virgin girl, in a town she had never been, in a barn with the animals. His name is Emmanuel which literally means “God with us.” He is WITH us. The hurting, the broken, the one who thinks she will never be enough. He came for YOU.

He is not religion. He is counter-religious. Where others say, “get your act together first, then you’ll be accepted,” He says “I want you exactly how you are right now.”

THIS is why Christmas matters 💚❤️

11/26/2025

So, nearly 14 years ago, an acquaintance turned friend that I had known most of my college years decided to finally shoot his shot. I was like “I’m flattered, but no thank you…” and in my mind I was thinking “Kyle is not my type at all, I literally just experienced my first heartbreak, and I’m swearing off guys unless God makes it ridiculously clear that this is my husband…which Kyle is not.”

And let me tell you - this girl thought she would know when that guy showed up…but clearly she didn’t, because that redheaded jokester of her friends who wore tall tees did, in fact, end up becoming her husband 😆 I’m glad he (politely) did not take my “no” for a final answer, and thankful that God taught me a lot in those early months about what I actually wanted and needed in a partner.

We dated for about 8 months, had a 4 month engagement, and have now been married for over 12 years 😘Throw in 3 kids and some tumultuous years that we made it through, and he is still my best friend and the person I want to hang out the most with 🥰

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Sacramento, CA
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