Every once in a while my dad invites the boys and me to go with him to the hill country to feed his cows. The land where he and my brother keep their cattle is my great-grandparents home place. Being there gives me a feeling of euphoria and a different self. It’s worth the 2-hour road…
Have you ever had to leave your child while they were crying and hollering, “Mama or Dada”, arms straight out towards you? Are you overcome by guilt as you walk away knowing your child is in distress? This has got to be one of the hardest things for parents to go through. Know that you…
My ex-neighbors go on a family vacation to Disney 2 and 3 times a year. I just couldn’t understand it when they told me what they do. “Why would they want to spend all this time and money on multiple vacations to Disney in a year when there are so many marvelous places to see…
Mama’s Home Cooking One thing that is important to me as a mom is the recipes I feed my family and that we eat together. I want my kids to have home-cooked meals at our table. I want them to want to come back for my cooking once they move out. My Momo and my mom…
I am blessed with a sister-in-law that I can talk to like the sister I don’t have – on the topics of fashion, being parents, and keeping ourselves up to par. She is quite a bit younger than me, but I have a great deal of respect for her. We each have different parenting styles,…
I slept with my parents until I moved out of the house. I’m joking, but I slept with them well into elementary school. I never even realized co-sleeping with your children was controversial until I was pregnant and reading as much baby information as I could possibly digest. My Childhood Co-Sleeping Experience I still remember it…
My Roots in Spanking Spanking has always been something that I accepted as a way to raise a kid because that’s what the people I grew up around did. It’s just the way it was. My aunts and uncles spanked our cousins. The public school I attended gave “pops”. Most people in our community thought nothing…
Have you ever wondered about the parenting of billionaires? I mean who raises these people? One day I thought about men who were or are mind-blowingly successful in their careers. Not only are they very successful, but they are exceptionally happy with their job positions. Men who go for their dreams and do what no…
I rarely watch TV except for football. No news- nothing. I really wouldn’t care if we didn’t have a TV. Every once in a few years, an emergency situation occurs. I am glued to the TV for around 3 days. For example, the fall of the Aggie Bonfire was on my screen until I needed counseling. I…
We recently had to evacuate from our home for 7 days due to Hurricane Harvey that hit the Gulf Coast. Fortunately, the levee that surrounds our subdivision held against the 4 foot of water it had around it, and the river crested lower than initially predicted. We don’t live in Houston. Since most of our…