Spilled Milk Blog

  • The small joy of writing to your favorite author | The Childhood Magic series

    The small joy of writing to your favorite author | The Childhood Magic series

    Several months ago, I received a press kit with an advance copy of Toni DiTerlizzi’s Kenny and the Dragon book in it. Boxes of review copies are nothing new at our house, and like so many other books that have come across our kitchen table, this book was passed on to one of my kids. Read more

  • You’re more prepared for Christmas than you think

    You’re more prepared for Christmas than you think

    I’ll be the first to admit that I am way, way behind on Christmas this year. As of today, there’s tree, no stockings, no lights, no presents wrapped. In fact I’ve failed to invoke any spirit of festiveness in my household except for a half-finished screening of Elf, which was interrupted because the host (ahem, Read more

  • Reading the Bible in a Year | December

    Reading the Bible in a Year | December

    This is it! Our last month of 2020. Think of all we’ve made it through this year, and your persistence to continue turning to God’s Word each day. Even though this is the advent season, reading the Bible in a year leads us to a very different place in Scripture. We’re nearing the end of Read more

  • 15 meaningful gifts to help you celebrate the advent season

    15 meaningful gifts to help you celebrate the advent season

    Advent has been a small celebration in my house in past years, but this year we are joyfully anticipating Christmas season way earlier than normal. I think 2020 and an election have a lot to do with it. I’ve already told my kids we’re going to make a Christmas bucket list soon, and it’s gotten Read more

  • Thoughts on how Amy Coney Barrett does it all.

    Thoughts on how Amy Coney Barrett does it all.

    I am so excited for Caroline this month: she was published in the Washington Post! #goals! But I’m even more proud of what she said, because the myth that women can just effortlessly do it all is flawed and needs to be addressed. More like this: The Mom-dalorian: What the Mandalorian taught me about being Read more

  • 14 peaceful, centering things to help you find calm while you wait for the election results

    14 peaceful, centering things to help you find calm while you wait for the election results

    I was so, so hopeful that last night’s election results would come in so overwhelmingly clear that we’d go to sleep easy, assured that the United States was actually . . . unified. But, of course, that didn’t happen. If you’re stress scrolling Twitter or raging at your friends’ Facebook posts today, may I recommend Read more