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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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Left: TikTok still of a boy with a tissue at his mouth. Right: two children blowing bubbles in a garden (Unsplash photo by Katherine Hanlon).
Left: TikTok still of a mom kneeling to hug her daughter in a backyard. Right: a long school hallway (Unsplash photo by Quilia).
Left: TikTok still of a couple in their car before their first Costco haul. Right: a shopping cart full of groceries (Unsplash photo by Karsten Winegeart).
Split image: a blonde woman in a black tank top lies back with an arm over her head and a surprised expression, next to three small dinosaur toy figurines standing on a white table
Split image: a young mother with braided pigtails talks to camera with a sad expression, next to an empty children's play area with a toy kitchen and small white tables and chairs
Split image from a TikTok: a dark-haired mother lying on a pillow talks to camera, next to a young girl in a yellow princess dress seen from the neck down with a 'Crazy things kids say' banner
Split image from an Instagram reel: the back of a girl's curly hair with the caption 'and then i went to brush her hair..', next to a gloved hand held over a bathroom counter with the caption 'i had to be brave this day'
Split image from an Instagram reel: a mother rinses her daughter's hair in the kitchen sink, next to the daughter in a striped sweater getting her hair straightened