05/31/2026
Yesterday was World MS Day. I was deep in it, posting, sharing, finally showing up again over at after a long time away. And I didnāt say anything here.
Honestly? I wasnāt sure I was ready to.
But youāre a different kind of community a local one and you have no idea the impact youāre already making on the MS community just by showing up for this little bakehouse.
So Iām saying it today. Raw. Unfiltered. The way I do everything else.
Hereās something a lot of you donāt know about The Daily Mess Bakehouse: it didnāt start because I love bread. I mean, I do love bread. But thatās not why it exists.
It exists because about a year ago, MS kicked my ass harder than it ever has. New lesions. New locations (yikes) spreading down my spine for the first time in my 12 years of this illness. One of the hardest years of my life.
I had to step away from corporate. Had to step away from my business. Had to step away from the version of myself Iād been protecting.
And in the middle of all of that mess, one of the most challenging & uncertain times of my life, I made . A little late on the trend & very random. But it was something I could control. Or couldnāt, for a while. But thatās kind of the point.
Thatās it. Thatās the origin story.
I was fighting to stay functional and I needed something that moved slowly, required patience, and made something warm and real at the end. The Daily Mess Bakehouse was born in that season. Messy with purpose. Literally.
Iāve never said this out loud here before. And I know youāre here for the bread, the cookies, and the mess. But this is the part underneath all of it. The reason the mess exists in the first place.
This bakehouse has MS in its DNA. And Iām finally ready to say that out loud.
And because this bakehouse exists because of MS, moving forward a portion of what we do here will go back to the MS community.
Iām dreaming a little bigger these days. A future where The Daily Mess becomes more than bread and cookies. A community that helps people with MS who need it most.
This isnāt an MS page, but MS is part of this story too.