The Art of Digging Deep:: How to Gracefully Confront Negativity
Things are not business as usual right now. Nothing in life is normal – daily schedules and regular habits have been vacated and replaced by whatever it takes to make it through the day, week or month. This is going to be one of our can we talk? moments because as a mom, this pandemic and […]
New Ways to Advocate:: Becoming an Election Poll Worker
I am an advocate. At my very core, I fight. This trait is embedded deeply and fuels most of my desires to engage in the world. I am also more introverted than most would assume when they meet me. I dread the emptiness of small talk. I cannot stomach a crowd of chit-chat. All of […]
What to Keep in your Emergency Medical Kit at Home
It’s that lovely time of year, the month of September, when the weather starts to cool off just a tad {maybe?!}, and the fall flowers are in full bloom. It is also the time of year when you see the lovely combination of hurricane weather in full force meeting the start of cold and flu […]
Adopting a New Mindset:: Supporting Educators
After years of paperwork, home studies, and tears, it finally happened—we adopted! But not the way we had imagined. We chose to adopt a lovely teacher at a local Katy elementary campus who is a fellow foster mom. We followed suit as hundreds in the community circled educators and embraced them during a time that […]
Celebrating Grandparents Day from a Distance
September is always kind of a happy song and dance around here but also filled with a great sadness and longing. In September we celebrate not only Child 1’s birthday but the USA celebrates Grandparents Day the first Sunday after Labor Day. School celebrations I never knew Grandparents Day existed until we moved to the […]
Friday Favorites:: Edition 3
Snacking A couple of weeks ago, my kids and I started having a tea break in the afternoon. Right after my son’s “nap” {read:: playing not so quietly in his room}, I set out a teapot, sugar bowl, milk pitcher, and tea cups. My son helps set up a sweet treat and plates. We sit […]
Remembering September 11 with Acts of Service
I remember September 11, 2001 so well, even though it happened 19 years ago. I was folding laundry on my bed when my then-husband called me. His voice was frantic. “Where is my brother working?” I was totally confused. “What? Why? He’s somewhere in the city.” “WHERE IN THE CITY? A PLANE JUST HIT THE […]
Childhood Cancer Awareness:: How You Can Support the Cause
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Childhood Cancer Awareness Month is symbolized by a gold ribbon. The color gold represents the preciousness of children. What Is Childhood Cancer? Childhood cancer, also referred to as pediatric cancer, encompasses dozens of diseases. It can refer to any cancer found in children, teens, or young adults. The most […]
Dear 9 pm Momma, I Thought of You Today
Dear 9 pm Momma, I think of you often in the evening. I wonder how you are doing at the end of your day. What sorts of things you’ve carried with you today and if your day was similar to mine? Did your day feel different or was it reminiscent of the several days before? […]
I Went Back to School While Working {and Parenting} Full Time
2020 has meant a lot of different things to people, but I will always remember it as the culmination of years of baby steps, the year that I realized my goal of graduating college. I’ve always loved learning, but I look back on my reckless high school years and stamp myself as the cliché “too […]