Away from home

7 (Old) Things My Kids Will Never See

Several days ago, Kim Tracy Prince posted “7 Things today’s kids know that you didn’t” there, and it made me think about the things my daughters will never know about. I’ll turn 32 in a couple of weeks; I am a young woman. I didn’t see the seventies for all intents and purposes. I’ve grown [...]

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Save The Children of Japan – A Post with a Purpose

Today, please join Social Media Moms as we raise awareness and money to support the amazing work being done by Save The Children in Japan. You can click on the image below to donate on the Save the Children site. According to Save The Children, around 100,000 children were displaced by what has become Japan’s [...]

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What I Learned From a Plastic Dinosaur

God spoke to me today. The clouds didn’t part. There was no clap of thunder, no voice from a burning bush. It was no less profound. The moment was ordinary, the kind that happens several times every day. The baby was sleeping in the swing, and I was sitting on the floor, playing dinosaurs with [...]

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10 Ways to Get Small Children Involved in the Kitchen

My kid likes to cook. I dare say she loves it. She doesn’t care whether she’s cooking in her play kitchen, or if she’s cooking in my kitchen. She just likes to cook. Whenever I’m in the kitchen, trying to prepare food, Grace wants to help. She pushes her Learning Tower up to whatever surface [...]

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Thanksgiving Your Way: Recipes, Traditions, Decorating, & More

I have some exciting news to share! A few weeks ago, the wonderful Mandi Ehman, founder of Life… Your Way, asked if she could use one of my recipes in her Thanksgiving Your Way e-book. I was honored because I adore her blogs. It’s really hard for me to feature just one of her posts [...]

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Grandma and Lefty

My Grandma rarely leaves the house without Lefty. Lefty is her prosthesis, her artificial left breast. Lefty joined our family 12 years ago, shortly after an aggressive malignant tumor necessitated a mastectomy. From those first days, Grandma has joked about Lefty’s heft (“Who knew I had such big knockers!”) and his mere presence in her [...]

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Then God Laughed

I met Mama Kat at the Bloggy Bootcamp in February, when I sat across from her at dinner. Since then, I have wanted to start participating in her weekly Writer’s Workshop. I love writing this blog, but sometimes I feel like I’m focusing so much on the recipes, photos, and crafts that I don’t do [...]

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Welcome to Feels Like Home!

We’re going to be smack-dab in the middle of the East Coast blizzard this weekend, so I thought it appropriate to play along with the Blizzard Blog Hop going on right now. If you’ve never been to Feels Like Home before, I hope you’ll take a look around. My favorite recent post was about the [...]

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The People of the Type-A Mom Conference

I apologize, Dear Reader. I can’t shut up about the Type-A Mom conference. Imagine a slumber party with 200 of your closest friends, and throw in some business elbow-rubbing, pats on the back, fun, and learning. That’s kinda what it was like. I met so many wonderful people at the Type-A Mom that I can’t [...]

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Twitter Works For Me

Twitter gets a bad rap. Some people {cough, cough} have a hard time managing their time, and Twitter gets the blame. A couple of celebrities make themselves look silly, and Twitter gets the blame. I like Twitter. I have gotten writing assignments and product reviews via Twitter. I’ve made friends via Twitter. I work Twitter [...]