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Chronic illness doesn’t take a vacation day. I write about it a lot because it’s extremely consuming for me. There are so many challenges that chronic illness creates in my life: physical, emotional, financial. It’s honestly hard to focus on anything else sometimes, especially while working full time and raising our wonderful 5 year old, […]

I love celebrating Christmas. I love Christmas music, decorating, and treasured family traditions. But Christmas is not a joyful time for all. There are many who do not celebrate Christmas, and the Christmas-centric culture is very difficult to escape, which can make those who celebrate something else or nothing at all feel like outsiders. Even […]

Since I grew up in an immigrant family and largely had immigrant children as friends, I didn’t experience many holiday traditions growing up. I never even believed in Santa because I woke up in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve when I was 5 and saw my mom wrapping a present, then woke […]

Valentine’s Day is slowing approaching and I am looking forward to doing some crafts with my little ones. GemCakes is getting more interested in painting and coloring and StarCakes is starting to show interest in writing and cutting. So what better way to cater to their budding interests than a few arts and crafts projects for […]

At the airport checking in for our 3rd trip in a month The Peas family just got home from a whirlwind month of holiday travel. In a span of about 5 weeks, we took 3 big trips, all requiring us packing up and flying with 2 kids under 4: (1) A 4-day trip to North Carolina […]

I have written in posts this month about how happy this holiday season has been for me. I truly have never experienced more joy and happiness than I have this December, my first with my baby girls. But now that Christmas has come and gone, can I just say how tired I am? “Tired” really […]

It’s the most wonderful…and busiest…time of the year! I don’t know about you, but the holiday season is always super busy, and I stress myself out trying to do everything. I know, I know, a large part of it is me putting this pressure on myself. I seem to add another to-do item as soon […]