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Inspiration for Your Weekend (& A Question)

I promise I did not stage these matching outfits! They collaborated together while dressing this morning, afterward proclaiming themselves "the red team." Love it!

We visited a local orchard and found this spot to pick dandelions for this year's fritters.

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Dancing in the Dark: Coping as a Mother with the Pain of Life

Photo by Suvodeb Banerjee

Often mothers come to the blogosphere to get inspired or to gather ideas.

Maybe you need activities to enjoy with your little people, or tips to help you be a more patient mama. Maybe you just need to know that others struggle at times like you do. That we're all in the same boat.

But there are other life seasons you might not see represented on blogs as often. The dark, painful ones that arrive uninvited and often linger as unwanted guests.

It's fine to read about "10 Organizational Tips" or "How to Plant your Spring Garden" when the sun shines brightly inside and out. But what do you do in the other times?

Like when you're suffering from a serious depression...

Or your husband just announced he's leaving you...

When you've had a miscarriage...

Or you've recently lost a loved one...

Small Gestures, Big Results

The following post is written by Steady Mom's monthly contributor, Catherine.

Our family has a unique element to it.  Our oldest child had cancer and was in treatment for five years. We just finished up his therapy and celebrated with a big party. 

While I was making a sheet cookie to share at the hospital for his last chemo treatment our middle child asked me when she would start chemo.  

My response?

Cooking with Dandelions (Moms' 30-Minute Blog Challenge)

(Jamie's note: We're making these fritters again this week, so it seems like the perfect time to replay this post. It was originally published on April 29, 2009. Enjoy!)

The kids and I stepped outside this morning to gather dandelions in the fields (I mean, in front of our house!)



The trick is to pull just the tops of the flower off, without the stem.