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“Wait, no gluten, dairy, corn, soy, sugar…NO COFFEE? Oh I could never do that”…  Let me rewind and explain that I’m a former sugar-holic, Sally’s Baking Addiction fanatic, leftover-brownies-for-breakfast-girl, who loved to make homemade mac and cheese and other gooey, cheesy, gluten-y meals for my family. Food is love, and love in our home was […]

The power of books to bond our hearts to our children is unchanging over the years, and the library in 2020 is just as timeless!  No one wants to read Chick-Fil-A kid’s meal books fifty times, so if your home library looks anything like mine did when I started reading out loud…chances are you’ll need […]

Growing up, I never loved reading. If I had to choose between a good book and catching up with a friend (or six), I’d choose the friends every time. I could never sit still enough to finish a book, and despite my saintly mother’s best efforts to impart a love of literature, I still loved […]

A wooden plaque hangs on my parents’ porch that reads, “May our home always be too small to hold all our friends.” That little verse summarizes my family’s view on hospitality: there is always an open door. Our home was never the biggest on the block, nor was it always photo or company ready, but […]

Surely you’ve heard of the no-poo movement, popular especially in the mom world. I’m not referring to poo, as in child poo, though undoubtedly we can all agree that it would be amazing to be part of any movement that involves moving away from THAT. No, I’m referring to the no-shampoo movement, encouraging humans to […]

This interview is part of a series we’re doing to support and encourage one another by sharing the challenges we face as mothers, and how we work to overcome them. If you’d like to participate and share your story in an interview, please get started by completing this form. We’ll reach out to discuss with […]