Country Beauty In Pictures

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I’m sort of like a country song, in that I grew up (mostly) in a smallllll town, dreamed of living in a big city, ran as far away as I could after graduation and vowed to never come back. Now, “I Miss Mayberry” (except not really because that’s not it’s name), but only enough to [...]

The Traveling Parade of Free Birth Control

We pulled into the Starbucks parking lot just as the kids were waking from their nap. We’d been driving for 2 hours, halfway between Dallas and Austin. It was time for a break. As I pulled Leyna out of her car seat, I got a whiff of something foul. I instinctively pulled back her diaper [...]

What a Week as a Single Parent Looks Like For Me

Every now and then, my husband will leave for week-long business trips. And it doesn’t matter what I do to prepare myself for them, the weeks always play out the same way. Monday Accomplishments: Nearly all the things. Laundry is folded and dishes are done before going to bed. Floors are swept, counters cleaned. Blog [...]

Internet, I Blame You

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Once upon a time, I had pretty handwriting. I might even call it artistic. My doodles in high school? Kinda epic. I hand addressed all the invitations to our wedding instead of paying a calligrapher, not because I could do calligraphy, but because I could write well enough… and I wanted to save that money [...]