Sara
Hi! I’m Sara, former early childhood teacher turned stay at home mom to two girls and a boy (2013, 2016, and 2018). My husband and I got married in 2010 and are both ETSU alumni. Despite being born here, I grew up all over the country as the daughter of a military family, only finally moving back to the area in 2014. The mountains of East Tennessee were calling us home! I love all that Knoxville has to offer young families in the way of festivals, events, outdoorsy adventures and charm. When we’re not striking off on a weekend excursion to the Farmer’s Market or a new hiking spot, I can be found in my kitchen nurturing a semi-professional baking obsession or curled in the living room with a book. I love getting to write for and be part of this supportive community of moms!
Respect Your Children
Much has been written about the best ways to teach children how to respect adults in their lives. It is a widely accepted value of our society for kids to know when to speak...
Let’s Stop Treating Math Like a Four Letter Word
Of all the subjects we study in school, math seems to be the most universally despised. There are memes about it, jokes on every television show about parents not being able to help with...
Baby-Led Weaning: Why We Use and Love It!
I first heard about baby-led weaning, or BLW as it's known in mom circles, when I was looking into starting solids with our daughter and deciding when and how we wanted to begin. I...
An Ode to the Public Library
We moved around a lot when I was a kid and one of the first things we did in every new town was make an inaugural trip to the public library. We took a...
Avoiding the Summer Backslide
Summer is closing in, y'all, and it's so close we can taste it. We are itching to say goodbye to the nights of agenda signing, project finishing and dress up day planning, and hello...
Why I Resent Playing with my Kids…And How I’m Trying to Fix It
I've been in a bad place lately, y'all. I think spring break was the catalyst for feelings that had been building all winter. At first I was looking forward to sleeping in, open-ended days...
Four Trader Joe’s Meals to Make in a Hurry
The first time I entered into the heavenly oasis of tropical shirt-clad angels (otherwise known as Trader Joe's) was in middle school. My family lived in Colorado Springs at the time (military family) and...