Kimberly
Kimberly is an East Coast girl who came to Lubbock for grad school and never left. A proud graduate of Virginia Tech (GO HOKIES!) and Texas Tech, Kimberly married a native Texan and is currently raising two little boys (ages 7 and 8) to be good humans. She is a certified introvert who extroverts all day at work, and her current interests include reading all the books, playing with all the puppies, being an expert of Y-7 TV, and living in a house full of boys 24/7. Favorite Restaurant: Saigon Favorite Landmark: Palo Duro Canyon Favorite Lubbock Tradition:The Nutcracker
So You’re Starting Kindergarten
When my oldest started kindergarten, I wanted to make it special. For lots of reasons really, but especially because my oldest is a celebrator. Celebrates all the things. ALL THE THINGS. It doesn’t have...
Parenting to Your Child’s Love Language
Most of us have likely heard something about your “love language.” (If not, you should totally check out Gary Chapman’s website and books!) A quick refresher: the basic idea is that each person has...
Family Managing is a Full Time Job
There is never enough time. Never enough. There are dishes, and laundry, and school picture day, and the birthday party of the week, and soccer games, and gymnastics, and the never-ending list of other...
Protecting Our Kids from Sexual Abuse
In my past life, I worked with sexual abuse victims. No age is too young, and nothing provides immunity. Now that I’m a mom of two young kiddos, I parent very deliberately to give...
The Dishes Can Wait
Twelve years ago I was teaching back to back to back classes on the Tech campus like I did every Monday morning. There was boring normalcy to the whole thing. I didn’t, and couldn’t,...
An Ode to My Kid… Who is Apparently Listening
I have two outside-the-box little boys. And even though they’re young, the world around them is trying to get them right in line. “Purple is for girls” and “you’re too old for a dinosaur...
Meet Kimberly Akins!
Kim here! I’m an East Coast girl living the Lubbock cautionary tale. I came for grad school and never left. Even though I grew up on the beach in Virginia, and went to school...