Beating Cervical Cancer:: The Strength of a Mother
2020 is here moms, and if you weren’t aware, January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. While cervical cancer is not as common as other cancers, it can be an especially distressing diagnosis to a young woman or mom, as was the case with a very dear friend of mine three years ago. In sharing some […]
Making Me Happy Now :: Reasons Why I Love My 30s
As I delve further into my thirties, I’ve come to realize there is so much to love and appreciate about this decade in my life. So much of my 20s was spent on who I wanted to be or who I thought I should be, and then my 30s hit and I figured out that I […]
The Important Thing About Moms
…But the most important thing about mom is that she loves me. When our most recent foster kiddos came to us, they let it be known that books were a rarity in their house. Being in our home must have looked like Belle when she entered the Beast’s library because there are books literally stacked […]
Measuring Life in Dinosaur Years
A green dinosaur resides on a wall in our family room. He’s been there for a long time, silently watching us play, read, and watch TV in our gathering place. Each December, the children lean their backs against him as my husband marks the spot where the top of their head meets the dinosaur’s long […]
This Year, I’m Letting Go of the “Shoulds”
A few months ago, I was listening to a delightful podcast called Forever35, and one of the hosts talked about things she was letting go of that someone somewhere has told her she “should” do. Later in the same podcast’s facebook group which I participate in because I am a podcast nerd, a huge thread […]
Why I Need Mom Friends to Survive the New Year
We survived the holidays, but now it’s crunch time. For some, the New Year brings anxiety is to an all time high! Now more than ever, we need the undying support of our mom girlfriends. I have come to realize and appreciate this increasingly so as I make more trips around the sun. Here are […]
A Houston Moms Guide to January 2020
Whole30-ish:: How to Kinda Sorta Follow the Rules and Still Be Successful
It’s that time again:: the time of year when overnight everyone rushes out to buy the latest juicer, gym membership or piece of exercise equipment and suddenly starts buying all organic produce and grass fed, non GMO, no antibiotic meat. Crowds at the gym are eye-rollingly absurd and the Instagram #NewYearNewYou hashtags are out in […]
Where to Buy Artificial Christmas Trees Post Holiday
Now is the time to purchase your new artificial Christmas trees. We have curated a top 10 list of the best choices in and around town, and online, too! Happy shopping. I knew our tree was literally hanging on the last limb this year. But with such a short time post Thanksgiving before Christmas, we […]
An Open Letter to My Daughter on Her Fifth Birthday
Dear Avery, Today on your fifth birthday I have lots of thoughts and emotions running through my mind. You are my firstborn. The one who is teaching me every lesson possible about motherhood. You’re the experiment child, because you know, you came first and since there is no instruction manual to this parenting gig you, […]