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IT IS TIME! On Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 we Lubbock Moms are hoping for a record (and we mean serious records!) turn out. There is no better feeling than casting your vote. If you're anything like me, just thinking...

Moms, we need to talk about our world right now. It is broken. It is hurting. And some of us are doing the hurting. Most of us aren’t actively harming anyone, but we are too often not actively helping either....

There is no question that the best part of Halloween for any mom is getting to dress up those littles. Whether you’re the cool mom who lets your child pick their costume, the Pinterest mom who makes a homemade...

Can you feel it yet? There’s been a chill in the air.  A new storm started with this latest health scare.  The clouds became dark and it started to rain. There’s so much confusion inside of my brain. I’m trying my best to make sense of it all. With...

It's the most wonderful time of year! That's right, Girl Scout cookie time. I've never been a Girl Scout myself, and I'm sure they're an incredible organization that does outstanding work in the lives of our youth. However, that's...

My husband and I co-parent our two girls from a previous marriage. They are 13 and 16 years old, and they have been living with their other family in a small west Texas town almost an hour from us....

I’m sitting in our filthy garage writing this. My boys turned it into a man cave early during the Covid lockdown. It’s dingy and, well, fit for a man, I guess—a man who doesn’t care about filth. Our garage is the place...

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."--John Dewey As you prepare yourself and your family for the coming school year, we encourage confidence in your choices, patience with the process, and reassurance that resiliency will see us...

  A few months back, I wrote a blog post about being a Motherless Mother. Every day is hard, I assure you of that. But also, every day is a little bit easier than the one before. Until May rolls...

Tuesday, August 18, 2020, was the 100th Anniversary of ratifying the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. If you need a refresher on your amendments, 19 is a big one. It gave women nationwide the right to vote, and...