Mom’s Perspective :: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week
It’s National Eating Disorder Awareness week! (Feb 24-March 1) This year’s theme is Come As You Are: Hindsight is 2020, so it felt especially fitting that I would share about […]
View ArticleMeet Allison Turpen: Biologist Turned Teacher Turned Mom + Photographer
I’m really honored to be a contributing photographer for the Austin Mom’s!
View ArticleWorld Book Day: Give Me All The Books!
My husband and I are avid readers. We met in Journalism school, and both had specializations in English. To say we like reading is an understatement. I mean who willingly […]
View ArticleThe pandemic led us to couples therapy & here’s what we learned
The pandemic led us to couples therapy & here’s what we learned. When my husband and I were expecting our second child, I read some advice (I’ve long forgotten where) […]
View Article10 Out of the Box Date Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Tired of doing the same old boring thing for Valentine’s Day? Dinner, chocolate, and flowers are the traditional ways to celebrate this special day. This year, wouldn’t it be perfect […]
View ArticleGiving Up My Happily Ever After
If life would just stick to the Disney plan that we have all been weened and nurtured on; we would all be 60 chapters deep into a euphoric storybook love […]
View ArticleMy way, is not the only way
I consider myself an easy going person, a silly mom and fun partner who doesn’t take herself too seriously. Rarely do I get upset when other people correct my kids…I […]
View ArticleTips for Maintaining a Strong Marriage
Fall in love, become engaged, get married and sail away into Happily Ever After!! Blame it on Romantic Comedies, blame it on fairytales, but we tend to have a rose […]
View ArticleLiving with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Did you know approximately 30% of early stage breast cancer survivors will have a recurrence as metastatic disease, even after completing successful treatment? 4 years and 5 months ago I […]
View ArticleCourage to Leave: A Mother’s Perspective
This is the second in a six-part series on domestic abuse and domestic violence. The new Netflix show, Maid, has brought attention to emotional abuse and the role it plays in […]
View ArticleInterracial Marriage Realities for Latina Women
It was right after our six-month anniversary when we came back from a dreamy bed and breakfast vacation that I knew he was the one. We felt so much alike, […]
View ArticleBegin Again: The Domestic Violence Secret From My Past
This is the fifth in a six-part series on domestic abuse and domestic violence. The new Netflix show, Maid, has brought attention to the domestic violence secret many women and families […]
View ArticleWhy I’m Spoiling My Husband This Father’s Day
He can do it all. My husband works hard in his career to provide for our family, cooks a great meal, can clean the house, tackle bath time with both […]
View ArticleHow I Found Myself a 90-Day Fiancé
We’ve all seen the show, but for me, it hits VERY close to home. Here is my story of how I found myself a 90-Day Fiancé. It was a warm […]
View ArticleDate Night in Austin: 33 Out-of-the-Box Ideas
For a lot of us parents, date night doesn’t happen as often as we’d like. So when it comes along, it can be fun to step outside the box and […]
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