In this day and age, with Pinterest and how-to videos for anything and everything under the sun, it’s easy to feel like we have to DIY all the things. But that’s where we end up with half-done and failed projects. Sometimes it’s good to do things yourself, though, and it can definitely bring a sense […]
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Bravery in Beauty
This time last year I would not have had the courage to post many photos of myself, let alone any that implied I had a sense of style. I’ve lived the majority of my life not feeling comfortable in my own skin. Maybe it was having bucked teeth as a kid, acne since adolescence, and […]
On Becoming a Single Mother (Again)
I’ve written before about I how I was a single teenage mom. Since then, I thought I was set for life in my marriage, only to learn about year ago that things were not what I’d thought they were. It’s too personal to go into all of the hows and whys here, but the point […]
March Photo Diary
We shook off the cold, rainy days and burst into spring last month. There were a lot of free family events around town, and we paid visits to the San Antonio Museum of Art‘s First Sunday for Families, the McNay‘s spring break days, and Artpace‘s Family Day–San Antonio is a great place for art and […]
The Most Important Back to School Supply Not on Your List
This time last year I was freaking out. We had just made our decision to take our kids out of public school and homeschool them for the first time ever. We’d pseudo-homeschooled over the summer and spent an incredible amount of time researching curriculum, philosophies, and you-can-do-it blog posts about the freedom of do-it-yourself education. […]