Posts by Christina Sizemore
A New Tattoo: A Colon Cancer Journey | After The Colonoscopy
He doesn’t remember the ride home, though he reminded me of the directions the entire way. “Babe you should get over, you’re going to have to turn soon.” Even coming off anesthesia his directions are correct. I put him to bed. The best thing possible is sleep. Sleep to heal. Sleep to rest. Sleep to…
Read MoreThank God for Hemorrhoids: A Colon Cancer Journey | The Colonoscopy
After our house burned down we used this space to work out our thoughts, feelings, and to share our journey. We shared because no one should have to go through hard things alone. We hoped people going through similar situations would find our words and our transparency would help them along their journey. And they…
Read MoreOur Favorite Travel Gear to Make Travel Easy
Travel, especially with a family, can feel trying. Making sure everything is packed, and everyone has everything, and nothing is forgotten is a massive chore in itself that requires a whole other vacation to recover from. Over the years, and with a lot of travel experience, we’ve found a few essential items that make the…
Read MoreVisiting Niagara Falls | What to See, Where to Go & Tips for Both the U.S. and Canada
I’ve been to Niagara Falls during every single season, winter, spring, summer and fall and I have to say, each one offers stunning and incredibly different views of this unofficial 8th Wonder of The World. Here’s how to see it all, every view, every vantage point, and how to never miss a thing. The Geography…
Read MoreMust Have Camping Gear of 2026
Talk to any avid camper and they’ll have at least one piece of new camping gear that they want to talk to you about. So we went to the source and chatted with the ladies of Houston Women’s Hiking to hear all about their favorite gear. This list includes some of our tried and true…
Read MoreThings to Buy When You Buy A Camper
When you buy a camper, no one really tells you ALLLLL the other things you need to buy to make sure that camper is running properly and to make camper life a lot easier. When we bought and renovated our camper in 2020, half of our budget went to things for the camper, not just…
Read MoreFamily Things To Do In Dallas, A Long Weekend
This past weekend we went on a family trip to and spent a long weekend exploring things to do in Dallas, TX. Bill and I lived there for a short time, very early in our marriage. We decided it wasn’t our favorite place which is when we moved to Houston (where I’m from) and started…
Read More5 Favorite Texas State Parks (That We’ve Visited So Far)
When I share about our family mission to visit every state park in Texas, the next question is always, “how many have you been to and which one is your favorite”. With 10 natural ecoregion across the state it’s insanely hard to narrow it down to one, or even five favorites. Each region is so…
Read MoreStronger Than – Losing A Texas State Park – Misti Little
Misti and I met through Instagram at the very start of the battle to save Fairfield Lake State Park. It was the end of February and I was at the rodeo cookoff when she messaged me to share her oped on the park closing. Over the last nine months she’s been my go to for…
Read MoreProposition 14 – The Centennial Parks Conservation Fund – Passes!
This year I wrote and created a travel journal for Texas State Parks — Texas State Parks Journal. In the process of writing this book I did buckets of research on the history of Texas State Parks. Initially it was going to be a whole chapter in the book, however I found it to be…
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