When I moved to San Antonio seven years ago, it was one of the biggest adventures I had ever embarked on—and one of the loneliest. I knew no one besides my husband—we moved here because of his job. In...
Fifteen years ago, I met the love of my life and twelve years ago, I got to marry him. Truth is, though, that at the time, I already had three soul mates. Three people that held the core of...
At the end of the day I feel as if I have nothing left to give. In the middle of taxiing the kids around for their extracurricular activities, keeping a semi-clean house, grocery shopping, cooking and maintaining some semblance...
To preface this article, you should know I am not a glowing pregnant person. I don’t feel my best - I feel sick, large, and generally awful. So, as you can imagine, I do not enjoy shopping for maternity...
We have grown accustomed to seeing friends and family in a virtual manner. Birthdays and other celebrations take the form of car parades and summer travel plans are being altered to fit within the safety and comfort perimeters of...
All parents have experienced the cardboard box phenomenon. You carefully shop for the perfect birthday gift for your little one. Sure it’s a bit expensive, but the look of joy on your child’s face--priceless. Of course it’s also huge...
If I had to pick one thing that is saving my life right now, it would be my book club.
I realize book clubs are nothing new or revolutionary, but mine has one unique twist that sets it apart: it...
I arrived in San Antonio one summer day before my birthday in July 2012. I still remember looking down from the plane and my husband telling me, "See that? That's downtown." I saw tall buildings piled up and a...
En todos mis años como mamá, una de las cosas que menos he disfrutado es ayudar a mis hijos a la hora de dormir. Lo he hecho tantas veces que ya es en automático. Es una carga más al...
In all my years as a mom, bedtime has always been sort of a burden. It is one of those mundane activities that you do over and over again until you go in auto-pilot mode.
Sure, things have changed. My...
San Antonio has a population of 1.53 million people, 6.18%, or approximately 94,700, of which are Black or African American. To find this data, I used this source which is actually focused on COVID-19 research but has a vast amount of...
It's all any parent can think about: what will we do this fall if schools reopen? Will schools reopen? If not, what will happen? How will we go back to work if the kids are home all fall? How will...
A collaboration with the South Texas Poison Center, UT Health San Antonio
Summer is officially here and with everyone hanging out at home more, we could all use a good refresher on how to keep our kiddos safe from common...
We moved from our old house in Houston to New Braunfels six years ago and I wrote this “love letter” to the house on our final days in Houston. Over the past seven years in our new house we’ve...
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Viva San Antonio: How Fiesta Unites Us
I once proclaimed that Fiesta really isn’t my thing. Yes, right here on Alamo City Moms, I put this shocking news into the world...
