We met in high school, but fifteen years later when my husband and I started dating, I had all but forgotten that he is deaf. Okay, "hard of hearing" if you ask him. The difference depends on how much...
It's hard to believe it's been 17 years since the 9/11 attacks, because I still remember that day like it was yesterday. I was in my second year of undergrad at the University of Texas {Hook 'em Horns!}, and I...
Like almost every other Asian American I know, I have seen the movie “Crazy Rich Asians” at least once already. I read the novel by Kevin Kwan years ago {who has a Houston connection, by the way!} when working...
I am the builder in my family. I’m Mrs. Fix-It; a role I take on willingly. Our friends laugh because the garage full of tools are mine that I bought and picked out. I buy the wood. I stain...
Before reading my story, I think it’s important you know that it has a happy ending. As I am writing this, my happy ending is sleeping soundly beside me. And yet, it has taken me months to finally write...
I have three children. I only grew up with one sibling, so it always seems like a party with three kids in the house. It’s not an especially large number, but it is not a small one either. It...
Being a working mom is tough. You are too little to understand why things are the way they are--why mommy is hardly home--so I try to cram as much as I can into the couple of days I do...
A year ago, my family lost everything in Hurricane Harvey, and I am worried about the long term effects of trauma on my family, especially my children. I have a five year old and twins who were 18 months...
This August, when all of the kids eagerly step back into their classrooms there’s going to be a new kid, er, a big kid, going back to school with them. It is only fitting that on the 20thanniversary of...
My Darling Girl,
The last six months with you have been the biggest roller-coaster of emotions I have ever experienced in my life. It has taken some getting used to, these intense joys, anxieties, fierce protectiveness, and all encompassing love....
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Family-Friendly Things to do in Houston this Weekend (May 17-19)
May brings forth sunny weather, outdoor activities, and unfortunately for some, bouts of illness and injury. In addition to allergies and sinus infections, respiratory...
