Noah had been exhibiting worrisome symptoms for a year and a half prior to his diagnosis.  He wouldn’t gain weight for months at a time, he had stomach pain with constipation, vomiting, pale complexion, extreme temper tantrums, and delayed speech. I knew something was wrong, so I brought him to countless doctors appointments where I […]

My husband and I locked eyes at the dinner table. Wide-eyed and stone faced, our forks frozen in mid-air as our children began screeching yet another nonsensical song about spaghetti squash. Just as I moved to quiet them, our two-year-old daughter broke into a solo, reaching a record-breaking crescendo that rivaled the likes of Idina […]

It didn’t take long after the social distancing protocols were enacted for our mama hearts to ache over the situational impossibility of filling our homes with friends and family. We all missed hosting playdates and book clubs and throwing open our doors for last minute dinner parties.  So, we got to thinking. If we couldn’t […]

The other day, I was shopping out at our local grocery store. As I was picking out produce, six feet apart from other shoppers and slightly sweaty behind my mask, a t-shirt hanging off to the side caught my eye.  “I’m sorry for what I said during quarantine,” it read. I chuckled, feeling a little […]

Dear Everyday Mamas community,  Two years ago, we launched this website with one foundational principle in mind: that “love begins at home.” We were drawn to this well-loved mantra of Mother Teresa’s a long time ago — and we still feel that there is no better way to articulate the value of what we do […]

Everyday Mamas was founded on the belief that love begins at home. We believe that as parents, everything we are doing in our daily lives as parents at home is important because it’s building the foundation for love to grow in our world — from the traditions to the education to the disagreements to the […]

photo by: @foodess (recipe for Apricot Iced Tea Popsicle below) Bring on the sunshine and swimsuits! We are so SO glad it’s summer. Our editor’s picks for June revolve around all things outdoors—from kid’s jumpsuits and baby rompers to floral art and cooking accessories for making pizza on the grill—here’s what we’re loving as we […]

photo courtesy of: @mrs.jordonbailey “But what does she DO all day? Her life must feel like a perpetual vacation!” “Yeah. Must be nice, right?” We were digging chips into bowls of fresh salsa, guac, and jalapeno queso, equally bewildered as to why our mutual friend, an able-bodied woman in her mid-twenties, would voluntarily disrupt a […]

Photo credit: @tanyashatsillo It was snack time and our two hangry daughters pulled at my pant legs. As I stood in the kitchen, watching the rain fall on the patio pavement outside our minimalist, Kansas City apartment, I pacified their pulling with a couple of fruit and chocolate muffins. We’ve been making muffins a lot […]

A few months ago, I read Little Women. I had never read it before. I had never seen any of the movie adaptations, and so I didn’t know much about the plot, the characters or the adventures. I didn’t even know that it was set at the start of the Civil War. But I quickly […]