LPHS03E12: Sarah Boes, A Heart Mom’s Journey of Courage and Calling

In this episode of Let’s Plant Houses, Sarah Boes, a nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, author, and “heart mom”, shares the moment that changed everything. Late in her pregnancy, a routine scan revealed that her unborn daughter had several complex heart defects. That single appointment pulled her family into a world of specialists, emergency planning, and love stretched to its very edges. Sarah opens up about the shock, the fear, and the quiet moments in the hospital that reshaped her understanding of what it means to hope.

As Sarah tells her story, you will hear how she and her husband learned to navigate surgeries, uncertainty, and the emotional weight of becoming parents inside a medical crisis. She speaks with honesty about grief, grit, and the unexpected ways community rises around you when life falls apart. This conversation holds moments that will make you hold your breath and others that will lift your spirit. It is a story about the heart in every sense of the word.