Parenting Wisdom

One moment I'm a young girl shopping for Mother's Day to get my Mom something special. Now I celebrate Mother's day with my own babies, but my own mother is not here anymore. RELATED READING...

Happy Mother’s Day Month! I hope you find ways to party for yourself all month – even if it’s as simple as having cheesecake for dinner a couple of times. Sometimes, we moms forget...

Where are all of my Spring Sports Mamas? I see you over there, Soccer Mom in your dry-fit shorts and lifestyle sneakers; looking cute in your team colors, your “Soccer Mom” tank top and...

Autism Acceptance/Awareness/Appreciation/Advocate/Applaud Month- This April is the 6th year that we have celebrated this month! Our sweet Jessa was diagnosed on April 1, 2017, at the young age of 3 ½, and yes, I was...

Easter is the best day ever. It’s not just another holiday on the calendar... Over spring break, my mom and I took my kids to the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco. We had a great...

Looking back on my elementary school years, I have a few memories of learning about the civil rights movement. I remember drawing a smiling picture of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in second grade,...

When my oldest daughter, Adrielle, was in the second grade, she came home from school and told me that two schoolmates refused to play with her. “They said they are better than me because...

With back to school, the early fall can be a great time to round up the kids and go through the items in their bedrooms and play rooms that are no longer providing value....

The holidays are a time of magic. Being stuck inside a warm house with family, watching movies about magic and family as lights twinkle down the block feels like holiday time to me. I...

The holiday season can be so busy. In our family, we are striving to create family memories, have quiet reflections, and celebrate meaningful traditions.  The main way we have refocused the month of December around...