A couple months ago, I turned 40. I celebrated this milestone by organizing and adults-only hike in my favorite national park, Big Bend. The thought of planning something just for me—when I didn’t have to think about packing water...
My husband likes to tell a story of when he was a child and his mom bought him lady shoes.
Just like my four boys, as a kid he spent most days outside, tearing it up in the streets: riding...
"Mommy, my tummy hurts."
It had become such a common refrain from my five-year-old daughter that to my wary mom ears it sounded indistinguishable from the clearly less alarming "Mommy, I’m bored" or "Mommy, I’m hungry." Her stomach pain...
Yesterday we were killing the very hot hours of the afternoon by watching a movie called Scooby Doo! Camp Scare when my husband audibly gasped. He had noticed some changes in the female lead characters. This is what Daphne...
You want to know what a migraine is like?
It’s like when Zeus birthed his daughter Athena, the most powerful woman in the kosmos, right smack out of his head and dressed in her full regalia- shield, spear, pointy helmet...
The reasons I don’t drink alcohol are more complicated than a quick five-item list, but perhaps not drinking is something you’ve considered for your own life. Or maybe, with the start of a fresh, new year, you’re looking to...
The past month, I have enjoyed reacquainting myself with Kleenhanz towelettes. I actually purchased them back in 2010 when I had Ilana (and at that time bought anything that claimed to safely keep germs off your baby). I am...
Disclaimer: Drownings can occur with experienced swimmers; please find a teaching method of swimming that fits your family. This is the experience of the writer and cannot substitute for your own research and/or experiences. No two children are the...
"I noticed you didn't eat your lunch today. Talk to me a little more about that." In all honesty, this wasn't the first time I had noticed. For several days she had been eating her lunch in the car...
The Stars Say It Works
Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow all swear by it.
But as a one time marathoner, avid kick-boxer and boot camper, I might have rolled my eyes when a woman said she had just had an...
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School drop-off. Work. Pick-up. Swimming. Reading minutes. Sight words. Dinner. Bath. Bed.
I feel like we’re insanely...
The violence started the day after her wedding. Roxana was 21 years old, five months pregnant, and "extremely sheltered" when she married Miguel. She thought the black eyes, the "beat downs," and lying on the floor being kicked were...
Childbirth is painful. Breathing through those contractions is not always easy, and there was definitely a point when I looked at my husband and said something along the lines of, "I have never felt pain like this in my...
It’s that time of year. Mother Nature is bipolar, giving us temperatures ranging from blazing to freezing in a matter of hours. Everyone is trapped indoors, coughing. Sniffles begin, and germs go wild. No matter how many times you...
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Space Fun Around San Antonio
Did the frenzy surrounding the recent solar eclipse spark an interest in all things space? It certainly seems like it! Luckily, it’s easy to...
