Photo courtesy of Briana Williams Briana Williams was 23 years old, a second year law student at Harvard, when she found out she was pregnant. Her story has garnered a lot of media attention, because despite the obvious challenges of being pregnant and later a single mother, while working through one of the most rigorous […]

When dinner time rolls around, how often do you find yourself staring at your pantry — not even sure where to start to find something you need to make dinner?  If you’re anything like me, you’ll probably be found rummaging through an endless sea of miscellaneous salad dressings and boxes of crackers before you can maybe […]

As a child, if you asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up, I would tell you that I wanted to help people. My “dream job” was digging wells in a third world country, trying to make it easier on the women who spent their days walking back and forth to the […]

I’ve never been much of a planner. I try sometimes, but it’s just not my personality. However, when I saw those two pink lines, my imagination started running wild with plans for my sweet baby. I just knew I was going to be a baseball-watching boy mom. But then, against my better judgment, I had […]

Lately I’ve been happily fielding a not-so-surprising question: “Why are you raising your family in a 1,000-square-foot apartment?” Well, actually, the question usually sounds more like, “Aren’t you looking for a house?”  While we certainly could be house hunting if we wanted, the truth is, we don’t have the desire. We did the live-in-a-house thing […]

I never imagined that on the day I became a mother, I’d be living 9,928 miles away from family.  We live in Australia, and we have a one-year-old daughter. We love our life here—my husband and I both have great jobs, and mine has even given me a year off to spend with our daughter. […]

It’s often said that God works in mysterious ways.  I’ve heard these words before, but never have they rung more true than in my last pregnancy.  At 31 years old I was a mother of 6. My kids were 8, 7, 6, 4, and 2 — and another son, Isaac, was due any day.  I […]

For Emily and her husband Sean, a 60-year-old Pittsburgh house on 2 rolling acres is the first house they’ve called home. With two boys age two and under, Emily’s focus in their home is making it pretty and cozy, but most of all, functional. Her favorite place in the house is their kitchen, which they […]

Jenn and Tim Rout own an adorable, cozy 2-bedroom California home built in 1928. Jenn has a love for vintage pieces, so finding this home was the perfect stage for her style. But for Jenn and Tim, their home is more than just a home — it tells a story, too. They did a little […]

Co-founder of the generation.mom podcast, Lara Schulte, shared her bright and sunny California home with Everyday Mamas. Lara lives in a suburb of San Diego with her husband, her two little boys, and french bulldog. Their home is a 1980’s split-level, and when they purchased it last year, they took on some major renovation projects. […]