Behind California, Texas has the highest numbers of victims of human trafficking in the nation. In a recent article published by the Houston Chronicle, it was reported that the most accurate study comes out of the University of Texas at Austin, “which estimated that there are 310,000 victims of human trafficking at any given moment […]
While the holidays are a special time of year that are looked at with lots of love and joy and time spent with family. For some, the holidays are filled with grief and can be a huge reminder of what they have lost or do not have. For my family, unfortunately this is the case. […]
National Family Literacy Month This year in November, most of us are thinking among other things about the election and Thanksgiving; however, a lesser known albeit important event, that frankly I am glad to focus on right now, is National Family Literacy Month. If you were like me before last month, you may not have […]
Happy Friday folks! What does that even mean anymore? Friday has lost some of it’s excitement and relief it once held. Maybe one of my Friday Favorites will spark some of that Fri-Yay spunk back in you! Instagram Account to Follow In the throws of parenting a toddler like me? {If not you can skip […]
I’m tired. But I’m lying awake, thoughts racing all night, popping Ativan to shut it off. I’ve never had to use that before, even in my worst anxiety. I attempt to hold my office, my home, and my daughter’s classroom under our too small of a space roof. It’s a great reminder that we need […]
I found out I was pregnant in a bathroom at Starbucks. I didn’t know if I wanted to be a mom. You’ll want to have kids one day, they say. Calling the OB office the next day, the receptionist replied excitedly, “Congratulations!” I didn’t know what to say. The next several weeks before the appointment […]
Does anyone else feel like they are in this never-ending loop of “This is the song that doesn’t end…?” Or feeling like you are in the movie GroundHog Day? {For those of you young-uns, this was a move in the early 90s that starred Bill Murray and he woke up to the same day every […]
