Lately, I’ve been a Someday Mom. You know, the kind of mom that has all the good intentions and fun activities stored away for a day in the near future {surely}. Someday. The kind of mom who holds onto hope after hope that someday she will get all of her youthful energy back {and, gosh, I’m […]
…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 […]
I don’t recall a day in the last 18 years that I haven’t prayed {and let’s just be honest, worried about more than prayed} for my kids to succeed. When they were first born, success was a night of sleep. At 2, success included more challenges, as I began to see that I was incapable […]
Sometimes, carrying the burden of the physical and mental load of motherhood feels like it’s too much, and sometimes we just want someone to carry us. A friend of mine gave me a book two weeks ago that I excitedly thanked her for and, with true intention of reading it, placed it in my bag next […]
I’m just going to lay it out for you:: parenting {at any stage} is not for the faint of heart. I’d go as far as to say that in my particular stage of parenting a 2-year-old and a 2-month-old, it can be downright hard. But I never worry how I’m going to handle it. I may feel […]
Ahhh, a beach holiday, even just to Galveston, is just the thing to put me in a summer vacay kind of mood. It was possibly the least stressful trip we’ve taken as a family so far and I don’t think it’s only because of the laid-back locale. Taking trips in general has just become easier […]
With the accessibility of technology, it’s easy to Google just about anything and ask questions to complete strangers about the well being of our children. It’s even easier to get caught up in the mindset that what we read through the screens of our phones or laptops must be the end all and best advice […]
I have been obsessed with Brene’ Brown since I discovered her work a few years ago. Down to earth, funny, a bit crass, with some Harry Potter references thrown in, she is my social work idol. When I moved to Houston I was thrilled to share the same city with her, and may even have […]
I am an accomplished physician, educator and researcher who, through a lot of hard work, has achieved just about every goal I have ever set for myself, but nothing, and I mean nothing, has humbled me like motherhood. The innate expectation of success that exists within me has quickly been reduced to an oftentimes very […]
There is something so special about mothers and their daughters, and oftentimes, it’s difficult to find the words to describe what that thing is. It is an unspoken bond, yet it speaks volumes about one of the most beautiful human connections that one can ever witness. It’s transmitted in-utero, and lasts even beyond the grave. […]
