Capacity
When Growth Meets Its Edge
I have been thinking a lot lately about capacity.
Not just how much I can bake.
Not just how many loaves I can produce.
But what I can actually hold.
Physically.
Emotionally.
Spiritually.
Because something is shifting.
When More Becomes Too Much
This journey has grown in ways I never expected.
More people.
More orders.
More demand.
And on the surface, that sounds like exactly what you hope for when you begin something.
But here is the part no one really talks about:
There comes a moment when growth begins to press against your edges.
And you realize…
You can’t do it all.
The Weight of Yes
I feel it when I read messages asking for bread outside my bake days.
I feel it when someone walks away without the loaf they came for.
I feel it when I say yes…
knowing that every yes carries weight.
Because this has never just been about baking.
It’s about people.
Connection.
Trust.
And when someone reaches out, there is a part of me that wants to meet every single one of them exactly where they are.
The Need for Boundaries
But I am learning something in this season.
Boundaries are not a limitation.
They are a necessity.
Without them, the work I love…
becomes something I struggle to carry.
Without them, I lose the very thing that makes this meaningful.
The intention.
The care.
The connection.
The Bridge I Can See…But Haven’t Crossed Yet
I know there is a “next.”
I can feel it.
A larger space.
More ovens.
More capacity.
Something that allows this work to grow beyond what my current space can hold.
But that “next” feels big.
Really big.
And I find myself standing here…
Holding what I have built
while looking toward something I don’t fully understand yet.
Standing in Between
This is the in-between.
Where what you have created is no longer small…
but not yet fully expanded.
Where the demand is real…
but the structure hasn’t caught up.
Where you are asked to make decisions that don’t have easy answers.
What I Am Learning to Hold
So here is where I am today.
Learning to hold both.
The growth…
and the limits.
The opportunity…
and the responsibility.
The desire to give more…
and the wisdom to protect what already exists.
Faith in the Next Step
Next week, I step into something new.
The Proof Intensive.
And I am hopeful.
Not because I expect all the answers…
But because I am willing to keep learning.
To listen.
To grow into whatever this next step is meant to be.
And For Now
For now, I stay here.
Present.
Grateful.
Continuing to show up in the way I know how.
Trusting that the same faith that brought me here…
will carry me forward.
Warmly~
Kathy
Art of The Crumb