Some days, when being a mom has run me through the ringer, I go to bed hoping I'm doing OK. Am I nailing it? Screwing it up? But many moms have come out on the other side, sent all...
The list of things I would tell my new mom self is about as long as my arm: Not all pacifiers are created equal…. Colic does not last forever…. Listen to your gut, not the outside noise... Let the...
What happens when it’s over? When the babies don’t cry in the middle of the night for milk? When the magic kisses for their boo-boos no longer hold their power?
What happens when that tiny, terrified voice doesn’t call out...
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In May 2012, I received two amazing phone calls.
The first came from my publisher. I’d sold my first full-length romance novel, Weighting for Mr. Right. (Yes, thank you, thank you. Kiss, kiss. Hug, hug.)
The second came less than 24...
Every day is a cup party at my house. I have six children in the summer, and they use, on average, 37 cups a day. Each. It’s like Oprah shows up every morning shouting, “You get a cup! You...
The dry, relentless heat that occurs in South Texas with the absence of the rain I have grown up with, ignites nostalgia each summer. When I think of the beach, I think of my family spread out, playing football...
Last summer, we paid for our middle son to take swim lessons. For the second time.
The first time through, we could tell that it was really more about making him comfortable in the water and not so much actually...
It doesn't take more than a glace at the local pool and an eye roll at the local weather forecast to know that summer is officially here. The days are hotter (seriously, though, why is it so hot?!), the...
As parents, we strive to have good kids. However, we don’t just happen upon these so-called “good” kids. It is our job to teach them. We can’t expect to have obedient, well-behaved kids without good, solid discipline. And, let’s...
Several years ago an educated middle class family made national headlines after someone reported their children had been spotted walking home alone from their neighborhood park, a mile from their house. CPS got involved, and they received a warning...
I've decided to stop celebrating the second Sunday in May (aka: the "official" Mother's Day).
Cold turkey. No mas.
Call me crazy, but it feels like Mother's Day has gone the way of the dodo bird—or at least the Hallmark machine....
“Give me five more minutes,” I yelled. I felt exhausted from all the packing we had done and was ready to get on the road. My bestie was helping me move six hours north for grad school and was...
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about Facebook and the various threats to its future success, but it seems to me like everyone is missing the boat. There’s just one thing that has been very clearly eating away...
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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...
