Tina Smithers Peckham
Originally from Kansas City, Tina Smithers Peckham relocated to Jacksonville, FL, with her dear husband, feisty cat, and sweet-natured corgi mix in 2016. After eight years working various gigs in New York City from magazine publishing to digital marketing, Tina joined the world of freelance, writing and reporting for a variety of publications and websites including MTV News, ET Online, Glamour, Us Weekly and more. Tina has also assisted with social media, editorial and, content strategy for brands and personalities such as Britney Spears, Jordin Sparks, Beauty Brands, truTV and WE tv. When she’s not plugging away on her laptop, she can be found exploring the Jacksonville beaches, reading a good book or enjoying a local coffee shop with her cherub-cheeked little boys, Archer and Austin.
FREE Lunch at the Library for All Jacksonville Kids
School's out and summer is in full swing — and feeding our kids all the lunches and endless snacks can be downright exhausting. And EXPENSIVE!
Enter Summer BreakSpot, a federally funded program in Florida established...
Dads Speak Out on What Fatherhood Means to Them
While it might seem as if moms get much of the glory — we do spend nine months growing tiny humans, only to have them painfully pushed or pulled out of some body part, mind...
Free Last Day of School Printables for 2023–2024
Ready or not, summer is just around the corner! Here are your FREE Last Day of School printables for the 2023-2024 school year. Don't forget to use the hashtag: #JMLastDayOfSchool and tag @jacksonvillemom so...
The Mother-In-Law I Didn’t Know I Needed
You might not know this, but I used to wish on a star for you. Following the death of my mom, I longed for the presence of a strong, loving female figure in my...
The Busy Mom’s Simple Guide to Raising Monarchs
I've always had a special relationship with butterflies — they adorned my clothes, my jewelry, my bedroom, and the margins of my homework throughout my teenage years. After my mom died of cancer, my...
The Ultimate Jacksonville Brunch Bucket List
They (whoever they are) say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What is failed to be mentioned is, that brunch actually is. (Go ahead and try to change our minds.)...
Bring On the Sugar: Our Favorite Donuts in Jax
Donuts are delicious. There, we said it. Call them guilty pleasures, call them necessities of life, call them what you want (heck, spell them out how you want *cough* doughnut) — but have you...
Taylor, I Was a Functioning Alcoholic, Too (Until I Wasn’t)
"I didn't go to bed until 4 a.m. because I was up listening to Taylor Swift," my friend said at the gym yesterday morning. "Literally the first thing she said was, 'I'm a functioning...
The Clay County Agricultural Fair Returns to the First Coast
Kids and grown-ups alike look forward to the Clay County Agricultural Fair every year. In fact, folks have been making memories here since 1987 — last year's fair even brought in a record-breaking 157,000...
Florida Prepaid: A Perfect Fit for Those Ever-Changing Life Stages
I never fully understood the old parenting adage, "The days are long, but the years are short." At least, not until now. I swear it was just yesterday: I was 38 weeks pregnant with...
Cry Me a River, Justin
Memo to class act Justin. Let me tell you what I told my 4-year-old last week: "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all."
For those not following the Justin...
Raising Lifelong Readers: Get Your Kids Hooked on Books
From the second we're faced with that positive pregnancy test, we often find ourselves inundated with the importance of reading — reading to your baby in the womb so they can be familiar with...