The hard stuff makes us stronger right? Do you ever wonder how much more you can possibly take? I had a pretty rough week between the anniversary of my best friend’s suicide, sadness, being overwhelmed with work deadlines and a big fundraising project I’m helping to work on — oh an the daily grind…
Category: Mom Stuff
Spread the Love from Lancaster
We take for granted sometimes the simple joys we have – the hygge (a Danish word pronounced HOO-GA) – that describes the heart-warming feeling that comes from taking pleasure in ordinary, everyday moments. It’s a coziness of the soul that comes from making the pleasure of making life special, beautiful, meaningful. I found this for…
The Story Behind the Image
Do you ever meet someone and kind of take them at face value? Maybe even judge them a little? Or put them into a category of your mental files? In this digital age we live in, we’re not even often seeing people face to face – our pictures on the Internet, on social media in…
Cauliflower & Kale Gratin: And how to talk about carbon footprint with kids
Hazel wanted purple cauliflower, so purple cauliflower we got. Like many kids, my daughter gets excited when she gets to pick something out at market and then we cook it together. Last week it was mushrooms which we made into farro mushroom risotto, this week it was the purple cauliflower… and how could you resist…
Lunch Love Notes: How a simple act means more
Did your mom ever leave you “napkin notes” in your lunch as a kid? It’s a small gesture, but fond memory I have. And now that I’m a wife and mom, it’s a little tradition I enjoy sharing with my loved ones. I started doing it for my husband back when we were dating (yes,…
3 Camps Left! Look at All the Fun We’re Having!
Just look at all the fun we had at the first Hunting & Gathering Summer Camp! And I may be biased, but these are some of the cutest kids around too! Our first camp in May was centered around understanding the world is a bigger place than little ol’ Lancaster (this is a theme…
Unexpected Gifts: How offering gave in return
Nothing makes my heart happier than having a full house, sharing good food and fun. When I set out to offer a few select summer camps at our home, I wanted to create something fun my daughter and I could share in together, and share with some of our friends. I never could have imagined…
School’s Out for Summer! 3 Easy & Efficient Teacher Gift Ideas
If you’re like me, this means you’re totally freaking out, not only about how you’re going to get anything done all summer, but also putting together something special (but not bank-breaking) for teachers to thank them for taking care your most precious cargo all year. At our preschool, my daughter has 5 different teachers that…
The Toddler Independence Streak
All I can do is laugh looking back on last Mother’s Day. As my then two-year-old Hazel and I arrived for our Mommy & Me shoot with Lauren Fisher Photography, I went to get her out of her car seat and realized she had taken off her underwear in our hurried rush (as usual) to…
7 Mother’s Day Picnic Picks
Mother’s Day is perfect for a picnic. Here’s a round up of 7 local places to pack up and visit to be surrounded by beauty, just as mothers deserve on this special day. The clouds and rain should roll out of Central PA by Saturday, just in time for a weekend spent soaking up sun…
Pack the Perfect Picnic for Mother’s Day
Photo by Donovan Roberts Witmer, The Premise Studio This week’s rain is moving out by Saturday, just in time for Mother’s Day this Sunday, and we can’t wait to get outside to enjoy the outdoors again after a week of being cooped up. Mother’s Day picnics are one of my favorite ways to spend this…
It Takes a Village (And a Humble Sense of Humor)
Sometimes we just have to laugh at ourselves (and our #parentfails). I read somewhere in the sea of content constantly filling my face that people who are always late are really optimists (because we positively think we can squeeze more into the time we have). So there I was driving my toddler to meet up…
hunting & gathering 