by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jan 6, 2014
I love reading and writing about motherhood. I recently finished reading Kate Hopper’s memoir Ready for Air, in which she recounts her difficult pregnancy, her daughter’s premature birth, followed by weeks in the NICU, and her first few months at home as a new mother....
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 30, 2013
One of my favorite end-of-the-year traditions is all the “Best of” lists that come out in December. With no further ado, here is my list of the 13 best books I read in 2013. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand I normally don’t read war books, but this one was...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 9, 2013
The Brilliant Book Club meets today! We are discussing Katrina Alcorn’s Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink. I hope you’ll join our conversation about the state of motherhood today! ***** In Maxed Out, Alcorn describes her journey as a working mom, with...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 4, 2013
Today I am honored to be featured on the Our Land Series! Do you know Kristi of Finding Ninee? You should! She is funny and deep and insightful, usually all in the same post! Her blog is about, among many other things, raising her son who has developmental delays. She...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Dec 2, 2013
… are free, right? And they are not, as the saying goes, things at all. The best parts of life are “things” like family and friendship, and living with intention and purpose. What could be better than that? Well, right now there is a beautiful...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Nov 7, 2013
When I was a little kid, I thought my parents knew everything. And not just because they’re uber-smart. They just seemed to know everything about raising kids. My dad just knew the perfect stories to tell me before bed, like the stories he made up about a little girl,...
