Just the other day someone I look up to dearly said to me, “You know, I am really impressed by how well you have handled everything and by yourself as a momma.” I thought surely she must have had...
Today, I become the mother of a teenager. Just to type it seems so unreal. My {much} older friends are the moms to teens, certainly not me! I’m not sure how this all happened so quickly.
Just like becoming a...
From suicide bombings to mass shootings to unexplained shootings, the recent events have us mortified and wondering about the world in which we are raising our children. With little place to hide from the bad news, it's easy to...
It is both horrifying and humbling to see your less desirable traits in your child, knowing those seeds were both planted and watered by your behaviors. Shaped by Houston traffic {Bless our hearts!} and a most severely lacking fruit of...
Sometimes ... I just can't. I just can't with the toddler who won't stop whining, with one more thing on my to-do list, with the baby who wants to be held all day, with the dishes in the sink, with...
I am in awe, and, I’ll admit, a little jealous of my three-year-old daughter’s ability to make friends. Everywhere we go, she sees other children and says - "Look Mommy! Friends!" We will be at the pool less than 15...
As a household with two working parents, our parent/child time is limited. We're out the door before 7 a.m. and home around 5 p.m. -- just in time to cook dinner, eat, bathe, and get ready for bedtime. If...
As I type this my 2.5 year old twins are having meltdowns because Peppa Pig is on the TV rather than their beloved Bubble Guppies. Not only that, but how dare Nick Jr. play commercials to interrupt their viewing...
We all want to know what is going on in our children's lives ... what their friends are really like, what they are thinking about, what they have questions about, what is at the forefront of their thoughts and...
Dance … it either strikes fear or joy in the hearts of parents of every little girl. I grew up in a hometown dance studio and followed it all the way through college. So, it was no mystery of...
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Cinco de Mayo in Houston: Let’s Fiesta!
Growing up in Texas, I am ashamed to say that I most often associated the holiday of Cinco de Mayo with eating Tex Mex,...
