I started practicing yoga regularly about five years ago. It has become a necessary part of my life, and I so wish I had started earlier. I've had emotional, mental, and physical breakthroughs on my yoga mat, and I...
OK, so I may be a little biased, but one of the many things I love about Alamo City Moms Blog (ACMB) is the variety of stories we share each day with you, our wonderful readers. Our team has experienced amazing growth since...
As I kiss and hug him goodbye and linger to see that his school day starts well, every cell in my body wills him to have a good day. The mommy voice in my head pleads Listen, focus, try....
"One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker." —Virginia Woolf
I do not know you or your situation, so I do not mean...
As the last days of summer simmered behind us and the carefree days of a flexible bedtime faded, I had to start considering my options for making bedtime a reasonable affair. Don’t get me wrong—we’re pretty lucky in the...
Nothing says fall more than six sweaty, muddy, pre-pubescent boys—who clearly lack deodorant—climbing into your minivan for the carpool ride home from football practice.
If you buy Febreeze car vent clips by the dozen, you might be a football mom.
If...
It was one of those days: deadlines looming, texts pinging my phone, emails piling up, a million must-dos around the house, and that little voice in the back of my head whispering, “Don’t forget X. Have you figured out...
My precious daughter,
I watched this morning as you matter-of-factly dressed for school, your bright face eager to begin yet another day of first grade. To your sweet, innocent soul, today is a day like any other, a date on...
I loved recess in elementary school. I looked forward to it every day—the time with friends and classmates while teachers half-heartedly looked on, enjoying their own break as we relished our half hour of freedom; the ability to slip...
Pop quiz! Do any of these apply to you?
Has a stranger ever told you to smile?
Do your kids ever ask you why you're mad when you are sitting peacefully?
Has anyone ever said, "Wow, you're actually not as mean as I...
There’s a new crop of annoying moms on Facebook. I’m not talking about hashtag over-users. Please—that's so 2014. I’m not talking about the compulsive check in-ers or the “like" happy friend we all have with whom we don’t really...
At a recent doctor’s appointment, we sat playing with dinosaurs in the exam room while waiting to be seen. The doctor walked in on a passionate discussion over who would emerge victorious in the battle we were about to...
I’m standing in the parking lot outside a beautiful day school that is walking distance from my desk at my new job, when I burst into tears. My poor husband stands there, flabbergasted, in 100-degree heat. He just wanted...
The year was 1999. A group of us, all idealistic college seniors at the time, were perched around the kitchen counter of my friend’s impossibly cool mom, enthusiastically soaking up every last syllable of this woman’s personal gospel. “Ladies,”...
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