Coastal Bend Mom Collective

April is child abuse awareness month. Child abuse is more prevalent than anyone would care to imagine. It can happen to any child, of any race, any age, and either sex. One in ten children will be sexually abused by...

I finally had my first mom weekend away, eleven months in. By no means was it because I was scared to do so or nervous about my husband watching our little girl. Opportunities just hadn't presented themselves, and with me...

I will never forget the day I first heard the story of Maggie’s death. Maggie was a beautiful two-year-old little girl who was killed by her caregiver one afternoon while her parents were at work and her older brother...

Here's to your kids: The kid who loves to read The kid who would rather watch a movie The kid who loves to make noise The kid who is quiet The kid who loves to play sports The kid that does not like sports The kid...

“My Olivia started laughing at three months, even though all the literature says it happens at four or five. But she’s so advanced already, so it’s not a surprise. I can’t believe your little Violet still isn’t laughing yet....

Motherhood. If joy, then pain. Visions of walking the path to motherhood and of the perfect birth plan dance in most of our heads the moment we learn we're expecting. Our water will break right around our due date, we'll...

I'm going to let you in on a little secret about me... Oh, who am I kidding? Anyone who has known me longer than 5 minutes knows I am a perpetual worrier - a hypochondriac as I am called...

Mother's Day Out. It really is a glorious thing. Something many stay at home mommas don't even consider. But they should! Oh they should, they should, they should.  Not only is it awesome for moms but its great for...

As a city girl gone country, if you had told me thirteen years ago I would find myself raising my children in the country and the owner of animals I knew nothing about, I would have laughed at you and called...

I moved to Corpus Christi in the fall of 2001 to attend Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. I seriously didn't think that I would get married here and start raising a family, but I have grown to love my city,...