Marissa Ackerman
Marissa Ackerman is a mother of two, wife, local foodie, and content creator. She has been content creating/blog writing for small businesses since 2013 and works as an Account Executive in the food-tech industry. Graduating from Texas State University in 2012, Marissa has resided and worked in San Marcos, Austin, and Houston before settling back down with her family in the Coastal Bend.
Corpus Food Adventures and Our Mission to Help End Hunger
I have the pleasure of working with a variety of different restaurants and food establishments in my day job and I love it.
Connecting with business owners, learning more about how they got there,...
Finding Your Tribe at the Right Season of Life
Friends Tiffany and Liz 2015
I am thirty-one years old, but sometimes I forget that fact until I stare into my reflection in the mirror after a particular trying day. I have a top knot,...
Being a mom can be so, so hard. MICROBLOG
Today as my son and I were leaving the MDO we saw a girl from his class. The mom told me she always knows my son because when she arrives to class he is...
4 Lessons I’ve learned that I’ll carry into 2020
As we enter into a new year and new DECADE, I am excited to see what it brings, but I am also saddened to see how fast the years really do fly by. When...
Advice for Keeping up with your Energetic Toddler
Awhile back I was trying to come up with some posts to write for the blog when I decided to do what any good reader typically does when there is a block: pose some...
When your Boss makes you feel like a #BossMom
This week I came back from my work’s quarterly meeting at the headquarters in Austin. Per usual, it was a great time. Connecting with the other sales reps and seeing people from all the...
Remembering the True Meaning of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving as a young child can seem like any other day, except with more delicious meals and desserts (cue the yummm! sound).
That is what I usually thought to myself as I carefully picked out...
Being a Mom with Anxiety Sucks
As far back as I can remember I have always been an anxious person. They called it a “nervous” stomach when I was in grade school and it wasn’t until college that I really...
Why Dia de Los Muertos is My New Favorite Holiday
It comes around every year — Dia de Los Muertos. Settled right after Halloween and before Thanksgiving, Dia de Los Muertos is a meaningful holiday that has its roots heavy in Mexico before it...
Toddler Worries: Dealing with Developmental Delays
My son is about to turn two years old. The thought of that literally brings tears to my eyes as he is my only child and the years truly have gone by so fast....