Mom Life

2021 is going to be a BIG year of FIRSTs and LASTs for me (and my daughter). It’s her senior year and I am seriously NOT ready. I didn’t think I was going to be so emotional but when I took...

There is something that I need to confess. I suffer from mom guilt. See, my story is a little different. I sometimes feel guilty about the life that my family lives. Being a military family has its own struggles,...

YOU GUYS: This kid is eating me out of house and home! Today it was four hot dogs with chips just an hour after eating a bowl of noodles and 2 hours after eating pancakes and bacon.  Yesterday it was...

Moms, feel free to share with your loved ones! I was scrolling through my phone just now and I came across an ad that read: "Mom's all that". It was from a major retailer and had a few pictures suggesting...

Last week, while making breakfast for my three young ones and their two friends who had slept over, I was reminded how beautiful it is to watch the cultivation of a servant's heart in our children. After cracking the last...

In my last post I shared what you should do before you buy a home in Corpus Christi/The Coastal Bend to avoid the risks of lead-based paint in your new home. Today I'll share how you can get lead-based...

Have you ever noticed how some friendships can be so easy, and yet, others are so hard?  Or how you can be friends with someone for years, never imagining that friendship could possibly end? But then one day your realize...

  Sometimes when I put my daughter to sleep at night, she likes to find excuses not to fall asleep. She worries about having bad dreams. She will tell me to ‘give’ her happy thoughts to dream about. Sometimes it...

The middle school to high school transitional ages are something else. It’s a beast. It’s exciting. It’s worrisome. Here is my experience from her 14th birthday party.  We are a Hispanic household. Okay - daughter’s dad is half white, half...

Recently I've joined a ladies group that's reading the book Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge.  While this book has made me reflect on many aspects of my life, most notably it has reiterated to me of the power...