Spilled Milk Blog

  • Grief is a good guide through dark times

    Grief is a good guide through dark times

    Lately I have had the sensation of a heavy weight on my chest. I’ve laid awake at night and wondered if my off-and-on coughing plus this pain wasn’t allergies but the coronavirus, especially since I had pneumonia after the flu in January. But, a test came back negative. Along with my results came a sigh Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: De-sentimentalizing Motherhood

    Daily quarantine thought: De-sentimentalizing Motherhood

    We’re heading into Mother’s Day season (although, it’s going to be very different this year) and that has us thinking about how much we’ve sentimentalized motherhood. And it’s not all that helpful. Caroline took a deep dive into the topic, which left me in tears after reading it. You can see her post, The Un-Sentimentality Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: You don’t have to save the world. You just have to get through today.

    Daily quarantine thought: You don’t have to save the world. You just have to get through today.

    This new way of living is hard. My body aches by the end of the day, and I wake up in the morning exhausted. We were already a homeschool family, so that hasn’t changed for us. But my five-year-old with autism has lost all her therapeutic services that we rely on. Actually, that’s not technically Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: Do I plan a meaningful tenebrae service from scratch for my family…or just watch Trolls 2 instead?

    Daily quarantine thought: Do I plan a meaningful tenebrae service from scratch for my family…or just watch Trolls 2 instead?

    It’s such a weird Easter season this year. I’m trying to find a way to celebrate these holy days with reverence and importance right now, but honestly . . . my family just wants to watch Trolls 2 on TV together tonight. So the question becomes: do I fight it? Or do I give in? Because, I’m Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: Maundy Thursday

    Daily quarantine thought: Maundy Thursday

    Anyone else having a tough time orienting to Holy Week? Or to time itself? I admit I’d mostly forgotten about Maundy Thursday until I saw Kate Bowler’s reflection on Instagram. If you don’t know Kate Bowler, she’s a Duke professor of theology who’s lived through the uncertainty of a terminal cancer diagnosis, an experience which Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: Why you don’t have to reframe the narrative

    Daily quarantine thought: Why you don’t have to reframe the narrative

    I listen to a lot of female-hosted self-care podcasts, and LAWL, do those women love to reframe a narrative. It’s a therapy-adjacent phrase that reminds us to change our perspective on a problem to view it in a more positive light. And I find it helpful most of the time. For instance, I’ve been trying Read more