Month: May 2021
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Baking with Christin & Charleigh: Spring is for Strawberries!
Read More: Baking with Christin & Charleigh: Spring is for Strawberries!Regular Baking Contributions Written by Christin Peck Hello again from Christin and my 2.5 year old daughter, Charleigh! Baking is one of my favorite stress relieving outlets…well, minus the clean up afterwards…but for me and my family the fun and enjoyment make the dishes worth it! I love being able to share the baking time…
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When you Feel like a Single Parent, but You’re Not
Read More: When you Feel like a Single Parent, but You’re NotWritten by Emily Plaster We thought getting into residency would be the hard part. Instead, it was the complete lifestyle change that really took us by surprise, transitioning from medical school to residency. He was at the bottom of the totem pole, again. This meant early mornings, late nights at the hospital, and frequent weekend shifts in addition…
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Water Activities to try with Your Little Ones This Summer
Read More: Water Activities to try with Your Little Ones This SummerI am so excited for the warmer weather! May has been a bit all over the place here in Virginia–one week it’s 50 something, and this week it’s been in the 70s/80s. One thing I do know is that warmer weather is coming, and as a mama, I LOVE having a bunch of water activities…
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Cozy & Hearty Salisbury Steak in Just 30 Minutes
Read More: Cozy & Hearty Salisbury Steak in Just 30 MinutesDo you ever just crave comfort food? A dish that not only fills you up but warms you up, too? I love dishes like that and all too often, I find that they take a whole afternoon to make! Well, enter from stage left this cozy & hearty salisbury steak that is comforting, yummy AND…
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How to Remain in Jesus as a Mom
Read More: How to Remain in Jesus as a MomI don’t know about you but remaining in Jesus has looked quite differently for me since becoming a mama. In talking with his disciples, Jesus said in John 15:4-5, “Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit…
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To my boys on Mother’s Day
Read More: To my boys on Mother’s DayIt is my fourth Mother’s Day as a mama and I wanted to write a little note to my boys. Aiden—you made me a mama. Everything with you was a first. From the first bath, to your first laugh, from your first fever to the first time you threw up on me, all of them…
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Mother’s Day Coloring Pages to Make Her Day Special
Read More: Mother’s Day Coloring Pages to Make Her Day SpecialEver since my son became old enough to color, I have loved letting him create art for celebrating special days rather than sending store-bought cards. Not only is it cheaper, but I also really appreciate both the joy he gets from creating and knowing that he’s making a card for someone he loves. And I…
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Why My Kids Love our Advent Card Tradition
Christmas has become my kids’ favorite holiday of the year. They love it so much in fact, that they convinced me to celebrate Christmas in July this past summer. Now, I get it, everyone loves Christmas–but for our family, one tradition in particular has made it a cause for celebration all month long—Advent Cards. And…
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To My Son, on your Due Date
I promise I began this post on your due date, Wells. It’s just that–you’re the fourth child and while I had every intention of writing the full story of your birth on your actual due date (since you came 8 days early!), it’s taken me a few additional days to write it down. And, to…
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Letters from a Young Mother
Lately, I’ve been thinking about my time. How I spend it. How I want to spend it. And recently, I was reading Missional Motherhood by Gloria Furman where she spends some time exegeting Titus 2. In verses 3-5, it says– Titus 2:3-5, “Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves…
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