Spilled Milk Blog

  • Daily quarantine thought: How much quality time do our kids really need?

    Daily quarantine thought: How much quality time do our kids really need?

    Waking up to a whole day without any outings or childcare can be pretty daunting. Especially since we’re going on week 8 — or is it 8,938? — over here. As much as I love my kids, there is a law of diminishing returns when it comes to spending time with them. The longer we’re Read more

  • Reading the Bible in a Year with kids: May reading plan

    Reading the Bible in a Year with kids: May reading plan

    Hey, mamas. How are you holding up with the quarantine? I hope you’re feeling fed emotionally and spiritually right now. Not normally a morning person, I’ve started a new habit of waking up early (for me, haha, my husband would roll his eyes) and going out to our back porch to do my daily readings Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: A Prayer

    Daily quarantine thought: A Prayer

    From Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead : “For me writing has always felt like praying, even when I wasn’t writing prayers, as I was often enough. You feel that you are with someone. I feel I am with you now, whatever that can mean . . . Well, but how deeply I regret any sadness you have Read more

  • Free biography unit study for every kind of teacher! Thank you for all you’re doing.

    Free biography unit study for every kind of teacher! Thank you for all you’re doing.

    To every teacher out there right now who’s trying to just figure this whole mess out, we see you! We hear you! From classroom teachers trying to navigate Zoom lessons to unexpected homeschool moms trying to fill your days, we know it’s crazy hard right now, and we want to make it easier for you. Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: Missing your life

    Daily quarantine thought: Missing your life

    I keep thinking of this line from Spanglish. Yes, the 2004 Adam Sandler rom-com which netted only 53% on rotten tomatoes. That one. We’ve brought you Dorothy Sayers, C.S. Lewis, and now . . . Spanglish. Bear with me. Let’s be friends: Join our email list Mid-way through the film,Tea Leoni’s character cheats on her long-suffering Read more

  • Returning to “normal life” again will be a big adjustment too. Get ready for it.

    Returning to “normal life” again will be a big adjustment too. Get ready for it.

    Hey there, mama. You’ve been staying home with your kids for a long, hard couple months. You’re exhausted and are looking forward to nothing more than a girls’ night out in the post-quarantine world. Chips and salsa, sangria, and clothes that aren’t yoga pants—if they still fit—are in our future soon. Mental note: I need Read more