Jessie Weaver
I am a work-at-home mom with four kids (ages 15, 13, 11, and 7). 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 19+ years. After years of having babies and preschoolers at home, I sent my youngest to school, and now spend my time working part-time for an online entrepreneur ... and picking up sick kids from school.
Meatless Mondays: Butternut Squash and Spinach Spaghetti {Series}
For today's Meatless Monday post, I'm sharing a recipe featuring one of my very favorite ingredients: butternut squash. It may be a little hard to prep, but once you taste the beautiful cooked flesh...
When You Hate Valentine’s Day but You Have Kids
I am not heartless, I swear. But Hallmark holidays really bug me. And Valentine's Day is the worst of them.
Maybe it's that I had zero romantic Valentine's Days until I was 20. The time...
When Peer Pressure Is a Good Thing
A little over two years ago, I stepped foot in the Hamilton Family YMCA, took the tour, and signed up for a membership. I hadn't been to a gym for at least five years,...
Stories of Love: It Wasn’t Love at First Sight
In the year 2000, there wasn't text messaging. I didn't have a cell phone at all, actually. I hadn't ever heard of Match.com. So this here is an old-school story, how two (VERY) young...
Preparing for Baby: Your First vs. Fourth Child
Preparing for My First Child
I had three baby showers for my first, my darling daughter: one for extended family, one at work, and one at church. We were showered with everything I could have...
Crazy Easy Bento-Style Lunchboxes
It seems I've managed to trick some of my Facebook friends into thinking I have my life together. How? Sharing pictures of my kids' lunchboxes. My husband had a conversation about it with a...
Small Space, Lots of Kids
I have children who go wide-eyed when we visit people at their houses. These homes usually have so much space! Everyone has their own bedroom! There are yards! Pets!
It's somewhat astonishing to my 7-, 5-,...
I Can’t Even Think about Cloth Diapering My Next Baby…
When I was pregnant with my first child, cloth diapering hadn't even crossed my mind. We entered parenthood armed with boxes of Swaddlers and Huggies. (Look, weren't we cute? Now it's Luvs if they're...
Please, Don’t Believe the Lies of Postpartum Depression: One Mom’s Story & Plea
Last week, a young woman I grew up with in church youth group committed suicide.
Allison was 32 years old, beautiful and well-loved, with a husband and a four-month-old daughter. So why? Postpartum depression.
That is haunting...
5 Great Summer Beach Reads
We are headed off to our favorite beach soon. With kids, I don't get to do a lot of reading on the actual beach unless I can catch a few kid-free hours while they...