About

 My name is Michelle. I'm a widow, an adoptive mom, and a graphic designer — and I've walked through some of the hardest things a parent can face.

After losing my husband and navigating the heartbreaking challenges that came with raising my daughters through grief and trauma, I found myself asking God a very honest question: "What now? And please, Lord, don't let all this suffering be for nothing."

His answer pointed me to the story of Joseph — a man who endured betrayal, injustice, and loss, yet whose suffering was never wasted. Every hard season was preparation for purpose. That story became a mirror for my own life, and the foundation for everything Network214 is built on.

The 214 represents a storehouse in the Bible — a place of preparation and provision. Over the years God has filled mine with hard-won experience, practical wisdom, and resources I was never meant to keep to myself.

I know what it's like to sit across from a therapist and hear words you weren't prepared for. I know what it's like to research residential care at midnight, terrified and alone, with no roadmap and no one who truly understood. I know what it's like to grieve a husband while still needing to show up fully for your children. And I know what it's like to advocate fiercely for your child when the systems around you aren't moving fast enough.

That experience is not my burden. It's my qualification.

 Network214 exists to connect people to the support, resources, and community they need — especially when they're in the middle of something they never planned for.

My passion is connection. My profession is graphic design with a specialty in print media. And my mission is to take everything in my storehouse and make it available to the parents, families, and communities who need it most.

Whether you found me through a video about residential care, a post about grief and parenting, or a conversation about protecting your family legally — you're in the right place.

Network214 is growing into a full parent resource organization — creating practical tools for families navigating residential care decisions, grief, trauma, and the hard in-between spaces that most resources don't address.

We're developing parent advocacy workbooks, decision guides, speaking resources, and retreat curriculum designed to equip families before, during, and after crisis — not just survive it, but understand it, navigate it, and eventually use it for someone else's good.

If you're an organization, facility, church, or family advocacy group interested in partnering or having me speak — I'd love to connect.