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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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Pink and clear glassware displayed on a wooden shelf (Unsplash photo by Loo Dalla Costa).
Two moments from an Instagram reel under the text 'What is it like to be a mother???': a mom standing in a kitchen with a teenage boy and a young boy, then the mom holding the young boy.
A room with wooden furniture and a painting on the wall (Unsplash photo by Theo Lonic).
Left: TikTok still of a pink, toy-filled playroom with a child playing on the floor. Right: a small white toddler bed with a mesh canopy against a pink wall (Unsplash photo by Sven Brandsma).
A bottle of bleach, a canister of disinfecting wipes and a pump bottle of hand sanitizer on a wooden counter (Unsplash photo by Kelly Sikkema).
Left: TikTok still of a woman walking through a dim kitchen and dining area under the text '4:30AM Routine'. Right: a black dumbbell on a white marble floor (Unsplash photo by VD Photography).
Three small cast iron pans with decorative handles lined up on a wooden floor.
Two moments from an Instagram reel: a mom holding her toddler son on her hip in a kitchen under the text 'Your toddler can't be THAT clingy', then her standing with the toddler on her hip under the text 'My toddler'.
Left: Instagram reel still of hands numbering diapers in a fresh pack, with the text 'mom hacks I wish I had known sooner'. Right: stacks of folded colorful cloth diapers on grass (Unsplash photo by Šárka Hyková).