Welcome!

Hi! I’m Amanda. I am a wife, mother, nurse, and braver of all thing Bright and Beautiful.

In 2020 my two daughters were both diagnosed with a rare and always fatal brain disease. The realities of Batten Disease are far from beautiful. My husband and I decided to brave something beautiful anyways. It was in that spirit that the work here at Braving Beautiful was born.

The Braving Beautiful mindset speaks to getting up, creating, and contributing something positive to the world as a form of defiance against something awful. Empowering myself with this mindset has made all the difference. Braving Beautiful is a mindset to curate more peace, more joy, and a firm foundation regardless of the difficult situation you may find yourself in. Braving Beautiful is not blind positivity or ignoring the very real realities of pain in a difficult situation.

I welcome you to join me here as I brave all things bright and beautiful through homemaking, homeschooling, and caring for the caregiver with a little nurse and Rare Disease life along the way.