One in forty Americans adults are affected by anxiety. Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from it.
I do.
Actress Kristen Bell does.
And so do countless other moms, including several women here on our Alamo City Moms Blog...
I am giddy to have partnered with Dr. Connie Hiers and her team at Dr. Connie Hiers Plastic Surgery and MedSpa to receive Botox and Volbella Lip Filler in exchange for sharing my experience and opinions on Alamo City...
Sleepovers. This single compound word strikes deep emotions -- from excitement to dread. Some of us get excited recalling overnights with BFFs; silly phone calls; ghost stories; up all night and eating Doritos with cream cheese. (If you haven’t...
“That baby has a headphone! He is so high-tech with his bluetooth!”
My two-year-old is high-tech, but not because he wears a bluetooth. He has a cochlear implant. If you're nodding your head in feigned understanding but really thinking, WTH...
Imagine you’re staring your biggest, scariest nightmare right in the face. You know you feel like crying, you might even get angry, and you definitely don’t want to feel it. Your body reacts with chills, sweats, and tremors. You’re...
Whether you are a dedicated yogi or a yoga-curious newbie, San Antonio has a myriad of different studios all across town. Despite our rapidly emerging culinary scene, our city may have been a bit slower to embrace the yoga...
Somewhere between getting married and my daughter going to preschool, I lost myself. Life and what I thought it should be, what I should be as a woman and mom, got away from me. I have always had goals...
My children and I recently checked out this book from the San Antonio Library, called Little Tree. It has beautiful illustrations of a tree that is happily growing in a forest but somehow chooses not to let go of...
A mom with alone time? That’s the beginning of a joke, right? Sort of like, "Three goats walk into a bar…"
Seriously, a mom with alone time—time devoted to just herself—sounds like a unicorn or Big Foot: rumored to exist,...
The New Year has arrived, and across the country, Americans are packing gyms and searching online for healthy recipes. San Antonians are not immune. Despite our reputation as an unhealthy city, a lot of us are looking to get...
Self. Care.
They have nearly just become two, annoying, four-letter words based on how much we are told to do them. Urged to do them. Constantly bossed to do them. You see "self care" on irritating lists that include...
When I was around 13, my mother went on a mini-vacation without us. At the time, I recalled that being the first time she had ever done something like that for herself. I could not believe she had waited...
I have a lot of kids. They absolutely push me to my limit some days. A few months ago I experienced a series of days that felt like a deep, dark pit. My patience was gone; I was sleep-deprived;...
Like freckles, left-handedness, and curly hair, domestic violence knows no boundaries. It thrives in affluent homes, comfortable suburban cul-de-sacs, rural midwestern farms, high-rise apartments, and auspicious public housing. Every day, women of all ages, races, and social status are...
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DIY Fiesta Decorations – Hanging Ribbon Rings
Call it a ribbon ring, a hanging wreath, or an elaborate version of a windsock - but when you see these going up in...
