Carrie Saum

I made you these cookies. They are special cookies that are made from pulverized cookies that became butter that then became cookies again.

Am I the only one who gets pumped about using a crockpot during the colder months?

I now interrupt your frantic turkey preparations for the following announcement: 

EAT PIZZA, INSTEAD.

Newborn life...when that bliss wears off. Not all at once, and not in every way. But the bliss becomes less blinding. Everything returns to real life.

You don’t have to do it all in order to have a fun or memorable holiday season. Just do the things that bring you life and make your soul sparkle a little.

This probably won't come as a surprise, but taking care of yourself is probably going to piss some people off.

I understood in no uncertain terms because of purity culture that having sex outside of marriage was the worst thing I could do as a young woman.

I’m writing this, and I don’t even fully know how to tell you to slow down during your busy life because the truth is, I’m learning how to do this myself.

If you grew up in a typical Christmas tradition, you probably had the same dinner at Thanksgiving and at Christmas.

By 13, I clearly understood: Thinness was next to Godliness, and I could never achieve either without extraordinary means. Jesus loves skinny people.