Is it just me or have the past few years felt like a whirlwind – a dizzy, disconcerting blur of time that I am no longer able to account for?! I mean…what did I even do last week? I...
After the last year, countless weary and emotionally spent people cheered extra loudly as that ball dropped and 2022 began. Together with the celebrations, the parties, and excitement, inevitably resolutions are also made {insert dramatic dun dun duuuun sound...
I dislike running. I've tried for years to fall in love with it, but it just won't happen for me. And as I've gotten older, the toll it's taken on my body has been taxing.
Pathetic, really. I'm only 35.
I...
Teenagers by definition are often moody and temperamental. Frequently, the happy go lucky kid who comes down for breakfast isn't the same grumpy one who emerges from the bathroom after brushing his or her teeth, thirty minutes later. As...
Look at that fresh faced new mom over there. She looks totally "normal", totally "happy" and not the least bit like she is laying awake at night terrified her baby is dead in his bed. What, too much? Well,...
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...
One thing I love about awareness weeks and months is that they provide great fodder for {re}starting conversations about critical topics that are often recognized far less frequently than they deserve. But sometimes I want to scream from the...
It's January, which means I'm still trying to actually stick to my New Year's resolutions. Come February, all bets are off.
But if you made any resolutions with the hope to improve your life (like I did) then you may...
Being a first-time mom in my mid-30s has its pros and cons, one of the biggest advantages having been the opportunity to watch many of my friends transition into motherhood before my own turn came. Between these observations, advice...
In 1983 The United States of America designated April as the month to raise awareness of child abuse in our country. Barack Obama continued the tradition in 2016 in a presidential proclamation stating, "During National Child Abuse Prevention Month,...
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12 Summer Reading Programs Around Houston
Another school year is coming to an end and we are looking forward to a slower-paced summer. Although kids may not have to be...
