Sara Hill
Hi! I’m Sara, former early childhood teacher turned stay at home mom to my four year old daughter and one year old son. My husband and I have been married for seven years and are both ETSU alumni. Despite being born here, I grew up all over the country as the daughter of a military family and I’ve only been back in the area for three years. I love all that Knoxville has to offer young families in the way of festivals, events, outdoorsy adventures and charm. My hobbies include single-minded obsession of Disney movies, partying at all hours of the night, drenching the bathroom in water during baths and hunger strikes. No, wait, sorry, that’s my kids’ list. Mine includes baking, reading, Netflix-ing and Pinterest-ing. And, ok, I love a good musical as well as the next four year old.
How Do We Begin Unraveling Culturally Insensitive Thanksgiving Myths With Our Children?
I am homeschooling my second grade daughter for the first (and hopefully only) time this year *thanks rona* and although it has been a challenge at every turn, one thing I do love about...
Filtering What I Do Through the Lens of Who I Want to Be
My husband is a mental health therapist. Though he obviously can't ethically offer me counseling on the side, nor would I want him to (hello, half of the problems I need to discuss come...
Attention Seeking Behaviors are a Cry for Connection
When it was almost time for school to start this year, I finally went through the grocery bag of my daughter's stuff we picked up from her school in May. And I had a...
What You Need to Know About Menstrual Cups
In preparation for this blog, I did some reading on the history of the tampon. I fascinatedly poured over this article all about when and how tampons came to be, risks associated with their...
To the Allergy Mama
I don't know what it's like to deal personally with food allergies as a mom. The only experience I have to compare it to is having to give up dairy myself while I nursed...
These Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars Will Make You Feel Like You Have Your Life...
But seriously? How badly could we all use something to make us look like we have our life together right now? At least through breakfast time.
Enter these blueberry oatmeal breakfast bars.
Admittedly, I am an...
10 Things I Hate About You, Quarantine
I guess you could tell from the title that this isn't going to be one of those uplifting, things-I've-learned-from-slowing-down-and-living-simply kind of posts. I really just want to rant for a bit and have people...
Butterfly Rings and Pollination Experiment Using Pipe Cleaners
The sudden appearance of spring these past few days has done wonders to lift souls around our house and my Facebook feed tells me y'all feel the same. I love all the stained glass...
Mourning the End of the Baby Days
I always planned to have four kids. I am one of three (two girls, one boy) and growing up, I watched my brother feel left out without another boy in the mix. I told...
I Love When Strangers Point Out My Hands Are Full
I feel like the conversation around how to support overwhelmed moms of young children has come a long way in the almost seven years since I became a mother. A quick search turns up...
My New Year’s Anti-Resolutions
Nobody makes me feel seen or normalizes all the crap my body, life and marriage have gone through since having kids quite like the brilliant comedic minds at Scary Mommy. I recently saw an...
The Honor Of Being Mom
My ten-month-old was sick this entire past week. What began as a cold turned into a double ear infection with antibiotic-induced diarrhea, and then she rounded it out by catching roseola complete with high...