My little guy is six months old now, and there are so many things I was made to think I needed that I just didn’t use. Why do we feel the need to fill our houses up with baby stuff clutter? Let’s get into it.

Have you read these five poems on motherhood by Gabriela Mistral? Happy Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day is this weekend and its my first one! Let’s get into it.

I just can’t get enough of this journalling style! I’ve scrapbooked for my son this way, but completing a reading log in this manner is my current obsession!

The first book of Marcel’s Marvelous Misadventures is officially available today! Here’s what I have to say about it.

Trying a new relaxing hobby… Let’s get into it.

Should educators still be teaching Walt Whitman in their classrooms?

Can you celebrate Easter without being a Christian? Where did the word Easter come from and what do eggs and rabbits have to do with the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Let’s talk about it!

I recently devoured the Powerless trilogy, including the novella and loved most of it! Let’s get into it.

I started a junk journal style photo album / scrap book after my son was born. Let’s get into it!

Examining the futile pursuit of happiness and the fickleness of one’s own heart through Hannah Webster Foster’s The Coquette.

From getting married, to getting pregnant, to quitting my job, to becoming a mother, to publishing the redo button, and to starting this blog, the past year has certainly been a whirlwind. Let’s get into it!

The Writer’s Haven is a blog designed to serve as an outlet for my thoughts on a wide variety of topics from reading good books to scrapbooking photo albums to momming the best little boy!