Jessie Weaver
I am a work-at-home mom with four kids (ages 15, 13, 11, and 7). We live on campus at Baylor School, where my husband teaches. After living in Ohio, Indiana, and Virginia, Tennessee is home and has been for 19+ years. After years of having babies and preschoolers at home, I sent my youngest to school, and now spend my time working part-time for an online entrepreneur ... and picking up sick kids from school.
Diversity Is Important, Even in Elementary School
A few weeks ago, my 12-year-old daughter confessed to me in the car that she had been in the counselor’s office with a friend of hers because she hurt said friend’s feelings. My daughter has...
Baking Is My Therapy
I have clinical depression. It stinks. It's especially not fun during a global pandemic, when I can't really see my friends much, go to church or the gym, and have kids running around my...
The Pluses and Pitfalls of Having a Pandemic Preschooler
As I write this, my four-year-old, Hannah, is at my in-laws' house in East Tennessee. I basically called and begged my mother-in-law to take her for a few days, knowing they pretty much never...
My Favorite, Unbeatable Holiday Pies
A friend posted on her Facebook page the other day asking which pie is your favorite. Pumpkin, apple, pecan? Hm. None of the above is my answer.
I won't snub pumpkin or pecan (but apple,...
Middle Grade Magic: Books to Read To or With Your Preteen Daughter
I recently finished a middle grade book that was so good it sent me on a diatribe against how bad most of the books were for that age when I was a preteen.
It's a...
Book Favorites of 2020
There has been one pretty great thing about 2020 for me: I've finally figured out how to incorporate audiobooks into my life. I've always liked them; back BK (Before Kids), I listened to books...
I’m So Glad I Didn’t Know
The day I found out our kids were going to be out of school for two weeks in March, I had probably the worst anxiety episode of my life. I remember rushing to two...
The Other Disease Right Now
I didn't mean to forget. It just happened, again.
My 11-year-old daughter was spending the night with her grandparents last week. And although I'd managed to get her medication filled, I hadn't remembered to go...
How to Stretch a Chicken
I don't know about you, but right now I'm having a hard time finding meat. It's harder and harder to get the boneless, skinless variety of meats that we are used to cooking especially....
Coping with Bad Depression Days
From about June to December of 2019, I was in a pretty awful depressive funk.
I've dealt with depression and anxiety and been on medication pretty steadily since I was 20, so you'd think at...