Wordless Wednesday: January, In Pictures #instagram366

{I did it! A month’s worth of pictures! If I don’t manage another month of the #instagram366 project, I feel I at least accomplished something by getting this under my belt. Are...

The Myth of Parenting Older Children

  To recap (in case you’re new here – hi!), I have five kids: 17, 15, 13, 10, and 4. Oftentimes when I express frustration or fatigue as a Mother, I’m met with some...

No More Room for Shame

My core beliefs about myself: I am unloving, cold, stingy, withholding of emotion, a miser with my Self. I can’t handle responsibility, I fold, I fail, I make bad...

SOPA/PIPA: FOR MORE INFORMATION

A clear, concise, balanced, well-written explanation of SOPA/PIPA and likely impacts: The Problem with SOPA (And How To Stop It) from CopyBlogger A fabulous resource for taking...

Why My Mind Can’t Manage To Stay in the Present

My mind seems caught in a six-month time warp. Even though I am going through each day, fulfilling responsibilities, meeting deadlines, completing routine tasks, my mind is not...

News of My Retirement

I’ve been feeling a little lost as I face 2012. 2011 was a great year for me, personally and professionally. Professionally, I got some experience teaching blogging workshops in my...

Sea World San Antonio at Christmastime

The week after Christmas, the kids were anxious to get out on an adventure. Realizing that our Sea World San Antonio passes would expire at the end of the year, we decided to take a very...

Wordless Wednesday: “How To Read Literature Like a Professor”

{can you read the title of the book? if not, look at the title of this post. and then maybe you’ll get how hilarious it was to find my daughter sound asleep like this on the couch...