Eat Dessert First is for my love of food and sharing my favorites with you.
Hi, I’m Lillie. Previously a magazine editor, I became a full-time mother and freelance writer in 2017. I spend most of my time with my kids and husband over at The Brown Bear Family.
Do Colored Dots deliver Army Trainee’s mail Faster?
Thousands of letters and postcards arrive at Fort Benning each day, bringing inspiration to recruits. Families are asked to add a colored dot to their envelopes to make it easier for the hard-charging mail specialist to sort and deliver mail. According to Fort Benning’s FAQs, the colored dot makes sorting mail easier. Thousands of Soldiers…
“Trust The Process” an Army Mom’s Daily Mantra
No one could have prepared me for the flood of emotions that would follow after sending our oldest child and only son off to Basic Training. I had not done my homework to learn the military acronyms or research the phases, ranks, etc. I just knew our son wanted to join the military, and it…
National First Responders Day
The day of recognition is a relatively new holiday, but it was a long time coming. Congress made October 28 National First Responders Day in 2017, though the first bipartisan resolution passed through the senate in 2019. At the time, there were about “4.6 million career and volunteer firefighters, police, emergency medical technicians, and paramedic workers serving…
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
WHAT IS NATIONAL CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE DAY? National Chocolate Cupcake Day is every year on October 18 – a day where office break rooms everywhere fill with a special kind of joy only brought by chocolate cupcakes (thanks Jan). Chocolate cupcakes were born out of a 1796 cookbook called American Cookery and have since grown into a worldwide craze and dessert staple. So let’s appreciate all…
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