Andrea Portilla
Battling Entitlement: How to Raise Kids Who are Givers
We have tried to teach kindness and love, service, and hospitality to our children, but ya'll, entitlement is real. Let's be honest, for some of us, it's very easy to spoil our kids and...
How to Drop the Burdens of Motherhood and Become Light
Rejection
It has happened to us all. But when it happens to our kids, it's like every rejection of your entire life has gut punched you all at once. All you can offer is a...
6 Tips to Make the High School Years the Best Yet
When I was about to head into high school my mother came home with a hot pink lunch bag, the kind that looked like a sack lunch, but wasn't. I proceeded to tell her...
What Shark Diving Taught Me about Motherhood
Motherhood is full of adventure.
I have always been a rather timid person; always careful and really, I do everything rather scared. I have never been an adventurous, thrill seeking kind of girl. But as...
Pool Bag Essentials {+ The BEST Sunscreens}
Hello Summer!! If you live in Houston, you have to LOVE summertime because, well, we have a LONG summer and then of course, second summer around late September! Look, ya'll, I have lived in...
8 Rules for Shopping with Teenagers
"Shopping was fun today, mom. Much better than times before."
I could have done a jig when she said those words! Before was bad. Before had us both in tears. Before, angry words were spewed....
Rebuilding Your Faith: It’s OK to Doubt on Easter
When I was 16 my family broke away from the church I grew up in. This was the church that had taught me everything I believed. The church where Sunday School taught me the...
Galentine’s Day: 5 Ways to Find and Grow Friendships
February 13th: Galentine's Day. Another cultural phenomenon that will take over our social feeds and targeted ads. Another day that will come and go and possibly make a lot of us feel like outsiders.
Outside...
Don’t Miss Out: Treasuring Today
I open up my calendar. A new year. A new month. New days.
I am continuing to make time for rest. I have put aside any ideas for "resolutions" and am simply trying to keep...
All Moms want for Christmas You Can Find in a Hallmark Movie
I rampaged my house looking for our Christmas Elf yesterday. I was in tears when I couldn't find it. My youngest just turned 10. I don't think she truly believes in Santa anymore, but...