Motherhood

As you can probably tell, motherhood holds a significant place of importance around here. 🙂 That’s why I’m excited to share our EM Mother’s Day gift guide! From practical items to sentimental keepsakes, this guide has something for every mother, grandmother, sister, or even for yourself. While nothing can truly repay a mother’s love and […]

Meet Cathleen.  Cathleen Bearse is a wife, mother, and founder of Fearless Fostering, an online support network where foster moms can find coaching, community, and encouragement as they open their homes and their hearts to children in the foster care system.  Here at Everyday Mamas, we are dedicated to helping moms embrace the sacredness of […]

As mamas we wear a lot of hats and fill a lot of roles, and we think our dress collections should follow suit! ⁠⁠So we’ve rounded up 8 spring dresses that can be dressed up or down, and are versatile enough for all of our seasons of life. Plus, nearly all of them are pregnancy, […]

In 2020, we hosted Adele of Simple Life Musings on our Instagram stories home tour series. She lives in a dreamy D.C. area home (once featured in a Hallmark movie!) with her husband and seven children. You can watch the whole tour here.  One unique element we loved about their home is a “technology free […]

A beautiful spring day in April 2018 marked my life into a “before” and “after.” My 12-year-old daughter was playing with seven girls in a neighbor’s backyard. I walked our puppy to pick up Evelyn with my parents, who were visiting from Illinois for my youngest daughter’s First Communion. As we reached the driveway, Evelyn […]

“MOM!!! HARRY IS TOUCHING MY DINOSAUR BOOK!”  The cry of this capital injustice rings out through the house at the exact moment I sit down to finally have some coffee. Maybe they’ll figure it out on their own this time… I take a sip, realizing too late that the coffee has already gone cold.  “MOM! […]

I have the most distinct memory of walking home from a local thrift store about a year ago, carrying a beautiful, large antique basket under my arm to decorate the new apartment my husband and I had just moved into. The woman at the check out had agreed with me that it was a “good […]

In one of his comedy sketches, comedian, author, and producer Jim Gaffigan shares his secret desire to be a film director, but in daily life. With this special power, he explains, you could simply yell “AAAAND cut!” to silence someone if you didn’t feel like engaging in conversation.  Incidentally, this vision is starting to become […]

A few years ago, we found out we were expecting our fifth child. A month later, we learned it was twins, and a month after that we learned that one of them most likely had Down syndrome. We knew that God had plans for this pregnancy, but it was a lot to take in. I […]

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 […]