Spilled Milk Blog

  • 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

  • Daily quarantine thought: The “particularly intolerable” of today

    Daily quarantine thought: The “particularly intolerable” of today

    As someone who’s been thoroughly churched her whole life, I have a pretty robust philosophy on hardship and how it should be born. And when it stays in the theoretical realm, hardship always seems saintly. Martyr-ish. Noble. But when a particular problem arises, it feels a lot less beatific. I wasn’t expecting this particular puddle Read more

  • Daily quarantine thought: For moms missing their work during the quarantine

    Daily quarantine thought: For moms missing their work during the quarantine

    This morning I set out to write something inspiring for parents stuck at home during the quarantine. I’m positive that it would have been very profound and beautiful, too, if the ABC Mouse app my son was using hadn’t abruptly stopped working as soon as I opened my laptop. Then my daughter, who only seconds Read more

  • Reading the Bible in a year with kids: April reading plan

    Reading the Bible in a year with kids: April reading plan

    Hi, friends. What a month, right? We have never lived through a time like this, and it’s kind of rocking our world. How about you? When the coronavirus quarantine first began (for us, 4 weeks ago when my youngest’s special needs preschool program closed), we were meeting it with great enthusiasm. It was cold outside, Read more

  • Relax, mama. You’re going to survive the COVID-19 school closures.

    Relax, mama. You’re going to survive the COVID-19 school closures.

    Okay, mama. Grab your glass of wine or cup of hot tea or, who knows, oat milk, and take a second to have a deep breath. Let’s chat. School is going to be closed. For a long time. But we’ll get through this. I know you’re going crazy. I am too. Every single thing my Read more

  • Reading the Bible in a year with your kids | March reading plan

    Reading the Bible in a year with your kids | March reading plan

    I had a revelation this month. Reading the Bible in a year can be so challenging because Leviticus and February hit at the same time. Reading these lists of laws can be monotonous, especially in the dark days of winter. But I was convicted this week by a verse in Nehemiah: “So Ezra the priest brought the Read more