Kirsten C
I Loved Fur First: Lessons in Parenting Learned from My Dogs
When our first foster placement entered our home, we had zero—zilch, nada—parenting experience. Sure, we took the courses, earned our certificates, and I chewed...
Ice Cream for Breakfast: How Saying Yes Fosters Connection with Kids
When you boil it down, life comes down to a series of yes and no decisions. I cannot remember which study I was working...
The Pain of Being the Odd Mom Out
An interesting phenomenon has begun to emerge among my mom community.
It seems I have reached the magical age where 90% of my friends either...
Trader Joe’s: Always in My Cart
Any Joe Schmoe could rave arbitrarily about the delectableness of Trader Joe's cookie butter or tell you to buy the buffalo-style chicken dip. But...
Blowing Up the Lie of a Balanced Life
When exactly did we buy into this lie that we could (and should) indeed live a “balanced” life?
A quick search on Google lends all...
Living In Between
They don’t have a name for it, really. This post-parenting feeling. Postpartum gets the closest in diagnosis:: anger, guilt, hopelessness, fatigue, fear. It comes...
Exploring Enneagram:: What It’s Like Being a Three
This year, our Houston Moms writers will be giving you first-hand accounts of life behind their Enneagram type. For an introduction to the Enneagram,...
Foster Faux Pas:: What Not to Say
As you can imagine, deciding to become a foster parent or even adopting from foster care is not an easy choice. It takes careful...
The Foster Care Crisis:: Yesterday Is Not an Option
I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
I have always identified with Alice. She...
Lessons in Raising Roses
Roses have been around since Ancient Greece and are associated with any number of emotions depending on the color or species, you could be...













