“Once I was seven years old”

A few weeks ago my daughter Natalie told me she had a blog post idea.  Once she told me what it was, I asked her to write it for me as I felt it would have more impact in her voice.  So here it is.  Thanks Natalie. At the age of seven, my childhood best friend, Brady...

Mothers Who Raise Children from Another Mother

If you knew then what you know now, would you still have done it?   A church friend posed this to me about a year ago.  She was referring to our experience in taking in two homeless boys in the summer of 2013.  I cannot recall now what was going on at the time with...
College Dreams and other Fallacies

College Dreams and other Fallacies

We have a mess in this country.  Actually, we have several messes but the one I want to talk about today is the distorted view we have of higher education.  As a country we have perpetuated the idea through our comments, our expectations, our posts, and our media that...

Rainy Days and Mondays

It is raining here in Houston.  A bunch.  As in all over Houston.  Since the city is built on a series of bayous, they are all flooding and so unless your job is a matter of life or death for others, you are home today, or should be.  This means some moms (and dads)...