Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Did you know approximately 30% of early stage breast cancer survivors will have a recurrence as metastatic disease, even after completing successful treatment? 4 years and 5 months ago I was fighting to finish my...
Breast Cancer

Four Ways to Support Breast Cancer Awareness in Austin

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By the time you finish reading this blog post, someone in the United States will have received a new breast cancer diagnosis. It happens every two minutes. One in eight women (and some men)...

Addiction, Recovery, and Motherhood

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This is my sister's story. A story of addiction, recover, and motherhood. As I write this, I’m at the airport, waiting for a plane to bring me back to Austin, having spent the last...
Bully

A New Kind of Bullying That You Couldn’t Fathom Exists

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They've been piling up in my inbox for a while now. Quite honestly, with four children, in all three branches of our feeder pattern, I knew it was only a matter of time. Another...

Should Your Middle Schooler Have A Cell Phone?

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My daughter starting asking for a cell phone when she was in the 3rd grade. To my surprise, several of her elementary classmates already had phones. Most were just hand-me-down phones that only played...
Control

Is It Possible to Surrender to Control?

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It is safe to say that we have all been in situations where we desperately tried to manage the outcome, or how other people reacted to certain situations. Being in control can be stressful...
Social Media

Filters, Social Media & Mental Health

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Every year for Christmas, my daughter and I flip through Snapchat filters to send some holiday cheer to relatives via social media. Sometimes we look like reindeer or elves, but all the time we...
Golden Hour

Hey Mama, What is the Golden Hour of Your Week?

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What is the Golden Hour of Your Week? On the day of my wedding, the sunset was at exactly 8:01 pm.  I know that for two reasons. First, before I even knew what an engagement ring...
mom friends

How to Make Mom Friends When You’re New in Town

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When you are a first-time mom with a newborn, you realize just how much you don’t know, how much research you have to do to take care of a baby, and how isolating motherhood...
Austin Housing Market

Navigating The Austin Housing Market – Tips For Buyers and Sellers

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The Austin housing market is on fire! Here are three tips for both buyers and sellers. RELATED READING :: Selling a Home... With a Toddler I was working from home full-time when my husband got a...