Dear Grandma, There are things I never got to ask you. While you were still around, I thought I had all the time in the world with you. I thought you would always be there with stories that would amuse and touch me for a lifetime. But, reality struck, and I realized that the time […]

By Andrea Simpson Here’s what nobody tells you about losing someone: it’s not the big stuff you miss. It’s the voice. I kept my dad’s last voicemail for years. Years. And then one day, in some kind of digital declutter, I deleted it. I still think about that. Not because I forgot him, but because […]

You think you will remember everything from your baby’s first year. It feels like you are in a trance from their first smile and the way they look at you like you are their whole world.  It feels impossible to forget, doesn’t it?  And then, slowly, pieces of what made up your everyday life start […]

And how to make sure we never forget them It took ten thousand years to build the rituals that hold families together. It took fifty to let them go quiet. By Andrea Simpson, founder My Peeps – June, 2026 There is a book sitting on a lot of nightstands right now, including mine, called A […]

You have thousands of photos from your baby’s first year.  Everything is there – their first smiles, sleepy car rides, random afternoons on the floor.  And yet, when you scroll through your camera roll, it feels flat. Like everything is there, but without a certain flow or concept. You tell yourself you will organize baby […]

There’s a particular kind of magic that happens when a mother and daughter leave their everyday lives behind — the texts go unanswered, the to-do lists get ignored, and somewhere between the first meal together and the last walk on the beach, something shifts. You stop being Mom and daughter for a moment, and become […]

You buy a baby book with the best intentions. It’s beautiful. Thoughtful. Full of prompts you genuinely want to fill out. At first, you keep up with it. You add the birth details, the first photos, maybe even a few little stories from those early weeks. And then life happens. The book slowly disappears into […]

Your baby’s first year feels impossible to forget — until the little details begin to fade. From sleepy routines and tiny milestones to the sounds they made before they could speak, these are the moments that truly matter. Here are 10 meaningful things to save from your baby’s first year so those memories become part of a story you can revisit forever.

You think you’ll remember everything. The moment you saw the positive test. The first time you heard the heartbeat. The way your body changed. The tiny, everyday thoughts you had about the life growing inside you. But you won’t. Pregnancy is one of the most meaningful seasons of your life—and somehow, it becomes a blur […]