Jessie Weaver
I am a stay-at-home mom to four kids (ages 11, 9, 7, and 3) - as well as a freelance writer and editor. We live on campus at Baylor School, where my husband teaches. After living in Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, Tennessee is home and has been for 15+ years. I do some freelance writing and editing when I am not chasing the preschooler, keeping my 7-year-old from climbing the curtains, listening to my 9-year-old talk about Minecraft, or buying way too much (SALE!) clothing for my 11-year-old daughter.
Middle Grade Magic: Books to Read To or With Your Preteen Daughter
I recently finished a middle grade book that was so good it sent me on a diatribe against how bad most of the books were for that age when I was a preteen.
It's a...
Book Favorites of 2020
There has been one pretty great thing about 2020 for me: I've finally figured out how to incorporate audiobooks into my life. I've always liked them; back BK (Before Kids), I listened to books...
I’m So Glad I Didn’t Know
The day I found out our kids were going to be out of school for two weeks in March, I had probably the worst anxiety episode of my life. I remember rushing to two...
Popsicles for Breakfast: My Favorite Fun-Mom Tip
My very favorite fun-mom trick is this: make popsicles so healthy that you can give them to your kids for breakfast. They will seriously think you are the BEST PARENT EVER. (Or aunt, uncle,...
Llamacation: Getting Away in the Time of COVID
A few weeks ago, I asked my four kids to write a list of the things they wanted to do this summer. It feels like our options are so slim that I wanted to...
The Other Disease Right Now
I didn't mean to forget. It just happened, again.
My 11-year-old daughter was spending the night with her grandparents last week. And although I'd managed to get her medication filled, I hadn't remembered to go...
How to Stretch a Chicken
I don't know about you, but right now I'm having a hard time finding meat. It's harder and harder to get the boneless, skinless variety of meats that we are used to cooking especially....
Coping with Bad Depression Days
From about June to December of 2019, I was in a pretty awful depressive funk.
I've dealt with depression and anxiety and been on medication pretty steadily since I was 20, so you'd think at...
I Must Officially Be Old Because I’m Now on King Triton’s Side
I'm 37-years-old now, but in 1989, I was seven- and eight-years-old. After having a daughter myself who has gone through these years (now 11 and much too mature), I can tell you with great...
My Best Books of 2019
One of my favorite bookish podcasts had a recent episode entitled GoodReads, You're Fired. The main gist of their argument was how bad the GoodReads Best of the Year awards winner lists always are....