Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
This was an incredibly heartwarming story, peppered with wonderful characters, layered storylines, and just the right amount of humor. From cover to cover, it was a genuinely enjoyable read — one I didn’t want to put down.
Honoring the Sabbath is one of the most beautiful gifts God gives us each week. He knows we need rest — real rest — or we’ll crash from burnout. Rest and work must go hand in hand.
Today on The Raw and the Cooked, I’m excited to share exactly how the Sabbath (or Shabbat in Hebrew, Shabbos in Yiddish) shapes our week, balances our family life, and reminds us to pause, delight, and trust in God’s good rhythm for us.
Birth is deeply personal — and yet, in America, it’s often treated like a product. A transaction. An industry.
When I was pregnant, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I wanted to give birth and who I wanted guiding me through it. The more I learned, the clearer it became: I wanted as little intervention as possible, and I wanted care that treated birth as a physiological process — not a medical emergency.
This post shares why I chose to go epidural-free and why I opted for a midwife-led birth instead of a standard OB practice. This isn’t meant to shame or judge — it’s simply my experience, my reasoning, and what I’ve learned along the way 🤍
I’m diving into what it was like for our family to grow from one to two, and then from two to three kids. Spoiler alert: the transition from two to three was my favorite (and the easiest!). Here’s a deeper look into our experience, plus tips and encouragement if you’re considering expanding your family.
Traveling with super little kids is… a lot. Schedules get disrupted, naps get weird, babies need to nurse, someone always needs a potty stop—and packing alone feels like a marathon. But staying home until everyone is 12 isn’t realistic either. 😉
Today I’m sharing our family’s simple, sustainable system for road-tripping with babies and toddlers—what actually works for us with three kids four and under.