The Team
Ashlee Gadd
FOUNDER + WRITER
Ashlee Gadd is a wife, mother of three, believer, and the founder of Coffee + Crumbs. When she's not working or vacuuming Cheerios out of the carpet, she loves making friends on the Internet, eating cereal for dinner, and rearranging bookshelves. Her book, Create Anyway: the Joy of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood, is now available wherever books are sold.
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Adrienne Garrison
WRITEr + Exhale Podcast co-host
Adrienne Garrison lives in Bloomington, Indiana with her husband and their three little ones. Her essays have appeared in Coffee + Crumbs and New Millennium Writings, and her short story “No Longer Mine” was recently featured in LETTERS Journal. Adrienne believes magic takes the form of heart-to-heart conversations, petit-fours, and walks in the woods. You can find more of her writing at adriennegarrison.com
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Alyssa Poblete
Sales & MARKETING MANAGER
Alyssa and her family live in Orange County, California. She spends her time writing in the margins, serving in her local church, and caring for her three kids. She's happiest when her front yard is filled with neighbors and loves to throw impromptu dinner parties. She's a home cook in training and a severely imperfect hostess, but she firmly believes that all her mishaps make for great storytelling later. Alyssa writes regularly on her Substack about life, faith, and hunting for truth, beauty, and goodness in a broken world.
Becky Morquecho
Podcast Producer
Becky is an adoptive mama, writer, and podcaster over at We Are Free. She can’t get enough color, Mediterranean salads and Jesus in her life. When she’s not at home in San Diego with her mountain man hubby and their daughter, you’ll likely find them all out on the road in their 1990s RV, named Goldie.
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Callie Feyen
WRITER
Callie Feyen lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with her husband, Jesse, and their two daughters, Hadley and Harper. She's written two books: Twirl: My Life in Stories, Writing, & Clothes, and The Teacher Diaries: Romeo and Juliet, both published by TS Poetry Press, and she has essays in Coffee + Crumbs' Magic of Motherhood book. Callie holds an MFA in creative writing from Seattle Pacific University.
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Cara Stolen
WRiter
Cara Stolen is a ranch wife and work-at-home mama of three who lives in rural Washington state. An avid runner and outdoor enthusiast, she loves exceptionally early mornings, pushing the limits of an acceptable day hike, and backpacking or horse packing with her husband, Levi. She believes words have the power to buoy us through the hardest of times, and hopes to make other mothers feel seen with hers.
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Jennifer Floyd
VIsual storyteller + photographer
Jennifer Floyd, her husband, and four children landed in Anoka, Minnesota after eight years of living in warm climates like Arizona and California. She loves photographing families (including her own) to see the eternal beauty of simple, everyday moments. When she isn't washing dishes, she is exploring creation, learning of our Creator, and creating art with her family alongside.
Julie Vlahon
Social Media Manager + Host of Making A Mother
Julie Vlahon lives with her husband and two children in Roseville, California. Once upon a time, she chased stories as a television reporter. Now, she helps organizations tell their stories through social media. Julie is also the host and senior producer of Making A Mother—set to launch in 2022.
Katie Blackburn
WRITER
Katie Blackburn lives in the Pacific Northwest with her six little ones, one of whom came to her through foster care. She is saved by grace and runs on cold brew coffee and quiet mornings at her desk. You can read more of her writing on faith, motherhood, special needs, and a good, good God over at Substack.
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Kimberly Knowle-Zeller
Exhale Community Manager
Kimberly Knowle-Zeller is a writer, pastor, wife, mother of two, and the co-author of The Beauty of Motherhood: Grace-Filled Devotions for the Early Years. She lives with her family in Cole Camp, Missouri. When she’s not at the park with her children, walking around town, or tending to the garden, you can find her with a pen and paper. Or a good book and a cup of coffee. She believes in the power of words, unearthing the extraordinary in the ordinary, and encouraging others to follow their passions.
Melanie Dale
WRITER
Melanie Dale is the author of four books, Women Are Scary, It’s Not Fair, Infreakinfertility, and her latest, Calm the H*ck Down: Let Go and Lighten Up About Parenting. She hosts a podcast, Lighten Up with Melanie Dale, enjoys speaking at events around the country, and her essays are featured in the Coffee+Crumbs’s book, The Magic of Motherhood. She and her husband of 20 years spend their days in the Atlanta area trying to survive the teen years. It involves a lot of coffee and sarcasm.
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Molly Flinkman
WRITER
Molly is a freelance writer from central Iowa where she lives with her husband, Jake, and their four kids. A lover of houseplants, neutral colors, and good books, she loves to write about how her faith intersects the very ordinary aspects of her life and hopes her words will encourage and support other women along the way. You can connect with Molly through the podcast she co-hosts, A Good Word, or her monthly newsletter, Twenty Somethings.
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Ruth Gyllenhammer
Director of Content
Ruth Gyllenhammer lives in Southern California with her husband, three boys and baby girl. Her background is economics and poverty alleviation, but she has a special place in her heart for interior design and fancy dinner parties. A librarian’s daughter, you’ll find her with a nightstand overflowing with books and recommendations at the ready. She writes about crafting a jewel box life in her Substack, Home Making.
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Sarah J. Hauser
WRITER + RECIPE CONTRIBUTOR
Sarah J. Hauser is a writer and speaker living in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, four kids, and loud rescue dog. She loves to cook but rarely follows a recipe exactly, and you can almost always find her with a cup of coffee in hand. She is also the author of All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry (Moody, 2023). Find more writing and recipes to nourish your soul at sarahjhauser.com.
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Sonya Spillmann
WRITER
Sonya Spillmann is a nurse, an essayist, and freelance writer living in the DC area with her husband and four kids. She's incapable of small talk, loves red lipstick, and spends the majority of her afternoons driving children around in her minivan. You can read more through her Substack, Finding Feathers.
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