Dedicated to all of those who are missing their fathers this week. We see you and we hear you.   My dad has been gone awhile now. November 5th, 2006 was the day. My family gathered in his hospital room. I...
Today is my 40th birthday. To be honest, I've been dreading this day for months, to the point where it's caused actual anxiety and low-key depression. What's weird is I am decidedly not a birthday person- I have no...
This is one of the bad times, but we must be there for each other in these times. I think that the hardest thing about staying inside is not being with my friends. You are probably at home staying...
If you by chance caught my family and I on the  Today Show recently, you probably heard me framing up the problem we are all feeling after 2+ months of quarantine. From a 30-minute interview came a 20-second sound bite...
There are many female friendship groups portrayed in movies and books. We have the ladies of Sex in the City clothed in high fashion and steamy romps. The solidarity and devotion of the girls on The Sisterhood of the...
When the Houston forecast called for snow in February of this year, we were ecstatic. As moms, we wanted our kids to see something that they can only see on ski trips in Colorado. We hunkered down, and the...
"Remember, you are dust, and to dust you shall return." The priest murmurs these words as he traces ash in the shape of a cross on my forehead. A cross, the symbol of Jesus' death and for the Christian, the symbol...
I'm pretty sure I have never been asked what I do all day as a stay-at-home-mom.  Some nights I even wonder myself just how I spent the hours of the preceding day. My husband definitely steers clear of the question as...
I don't have to tell you having a baby is hard. It is a life changing event that wraps up pretty much all of your emotions into one. It's scary, it's painful, it's happy, it's exactly what you thought...
Children’s birthday parties. What was your initial reaction when you read those words? Option 1 :: “Oh, yay! A chance to celebrate a person!” Option 2 :: “Another gift to buy. More money to spend." I’ll be honest. My initial reaction is...

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