Bachelorette parties in Vegas. Couples showers. Gender reveal parties. The babymoon. Go ahead and add MOMCATION to the list of things our mothers didn’t have to aspire to… err, enjoy. Folks, this. This was something I was slow to get on board with. I’ll just out myself right now and tell you that my oldest kid did […]
Peer groups are a powerful tool. Why? So you read this blog, The East Texas Moms Blog, and it’s awesome. These ladies are rich with joy and passion in their lives and they share it online in hopes of including women across the East Texas area in this tribe centered around motherhood. Something you maybe […]
Back in October, my daughter got “booed” for Halloween by a sweet young boy in her school. He did the most amazing job on her boo gift. It was the cutest thing. They are 10. Things like this are still in the cute stage. This is what I’m telling myself anyway. But my oldest. Sigh. […]
The ringing phone reverberated through my quiet office. I reached across my desk lazily and picked up the receiver: “Expectant Heart Pregnancy Resource Center, this is Mary K. How can I help you?” “Mary K., I…I lost the baby,” With those words my sweet client dissolved into tears on the other end of the phone. […]
When this posts today, I will be sitting in one of my very favorite chairs. The salon chair. Oh, happy hair day. Life is busy. School is back going strong, homework has to be done, taxi service has to be provided, the list of things to do seems never ending. But when hair day comes, […]
“We had been to Shreveport a few times over the years to visit the boardwalk or Sci-Port or even a trip or two to one of the many Casinos, but our day trip to Shreveport with Visit Tyler and Visit Shreveport/Bossier exposed us to opportunities in the city we knew nothing about.”
Last year, on April 30th, in the wee hours of the night, 8 separate tornadoes ripped through East Texas, leaving the rest of the region flooded and blasted under a downpour of rain and wind. It also happened to be the day of the first annual women-only event at Kiepersol Estates – the Diva Du. […]
“Hey change your attitude!” her text caught me by surprise! I was trying to write and a multitude of distractions pulled, twisted and turned my thoughts! Wait, change my attitude? I’m the wise one, I’m currently writing about correction; how to recognize and humbly accept unsolicited correction. And I stand corrected?! Seriously, as this blog […]
Some bad memories make us better… With my head in her lap, I lay there sobbing, my 8-year-old frame shaking with each fresh breath. “Why don’t they like me?” I asked between sobs. My mom just held me. The memory is so vivid, so gut-wrenchingly fresh in my mind. I struggled to find my “group” […]
