claim your light
Want to stop spending so much time on the mundane parts of mothering? Here I'm sharing all my tips, tricks, and go-to tools to help you simplify your lifestyle and earn more free time.
The summer I turned twelve, I went uniform-shopping for the first time. After seven years of wearing whatever I wanted (mom-approved, of course) I was staring middle school at the only uniform-enforcing public school in our area. Two years of pleated skirts, khaki pants, and monogrammed polo shits stretched out endlessly before me. It wasn’t exactly the entrance to my tween… Read More
Before I was a mother, I was a marketing developer. That’s a fancy way of saying I got to write for a living. (Yay!) I loved it. Every weekday (except holidays) I spent hours and hours poring over my research, writing and rewriting, and occasionally answering a phone call or two. Flash forward eight years–to right now. I’ve only been writing… Read More
Last week my friend introduced me to a new girl from church. She’d just joined our congregation, and the two of them had dropped by to visit for a few minutes. As she introduced us, my friend mentioned that I love to write, that I’ve got a blog and a trio of kids, and then she added, “Jamie’s got it all… Read More
Every few months something sends a shock through our household that throws us into survival mode. It can be something as huge and long-term as a grueling pregnancy, or as small and short term as a few days with the flu. Either way–it’s stressful, challenging, and discouraging. But you know what else it is? Normal. Survival mode is a normal… Read More
