Author Archives: Kristina Slaney

Four years ago I made a New Year’s resolution. Normally I’m not very good at them, but this one stuck.  For the entirety of 2011 I was going to bake all of my bread from sc...

Out came the Christmas decorations.  Tree.  Lights.  Ornaments.  Nativity.  Our little one was enamored with all the shiny new additions to our home.  At the time he was ...

It was three Christmases ago, and for the first time ever, I had the whole week of Christmas off work. I decided I was going to make the most of this gift and go all out for Christmas - baking cookies...

The Christmas cards are coming! The Christmas cards are coming! This time of year is amazing - my favorite - but certain parts can be difficult to navigate. Soon our mailboxes will be full of glossy C...

I love Thanksgiving. I love that it's a slow holiday. A reflective holiday. A holiday where there's nothing to do but be together. I also love cooking. And I'd be dishonest if I didn't admit that I lo...

As much as I love solitude, I don’t love silence. Anything but silence.  Please.  It’s deafening.  It’s unfamiliar.  It’s uncomfortable. &#x...

You know how if you say a word over and over enough, it starts to sound strange?  Like the overuse of it makes it feel foreign on your tongue and unfamiliar to your ears? I’m sta...

At the beginning of the month, The Washington Post published the findings of a study concluding that the majority of new parents are unprepared for motherhood and have unrealistic expectations of what...

Motherhood is hard, isn't it? Not only do you expend every last ounce of energy trying to do this job to the very best of your ability, but you're also trying to navigate the millions of messages flyi...

When I was younger, I wasn’t much for dating.  And now, as a married adult and mother of two, I struggle with developing close, authentic, real friendships.  As I reflect on these two ...