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Must Have Gear for Camping with a Dog

So you want to camp with a dog, we got you, all the tips, tricks and gear to make your camping trip (and their’s) a lot easier and more fun. First Time Camping With a Dog For your first time camping with your dog, try doing a short trip. You never know how your dog…

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…

Thank 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…

Our 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…

Stronger Than – Craniosynostosis – with Allie McCathren

I am absolutely and beyond honored to have Allie McCathren on episode 2 of the Stronger Than podcast. Allie is one of my dearest friends and her story of finding out her son had Craniosynostosis, needing a surgery as an infant, and how the whole experience helped birth what she is so well known for,…

Stronger Than Podcast – An Introduction

Well…it’s happening. I’m excited and terrified and nervous and happy and juuuuust a little bit nauseous. We’re launching a podcast. A friend posted something today that pretty much sums up what’s happening in my brain: “Have you ever felt called o do something that terrified you? Something that will cause the voices of doubt, fear,…

Visiting Hot Springs Arkansas in 48 Hours | How to See It All

A Brief History of Hot Springs, Arkansas Let me start out by saying Hot Springs is one of the strangest places we’ve ever been. The city is riddled with a checkered history dating back to civil war times and even earlier. Did you know it was run by gangsters and the Las Vegas strip was…

Houston Moms, City Mom Collective, and Fire Prevention Week

When we were early on the road of our house fire we were moving minute by minute, it was all we could muster. I was writing then to ease my mind and my heart. I was just putting the emotion to paper (or to computer screen I guess). Then we made this blog. Hurting humans…

Exploring Texas While Studying Texas History

Fourth graders and seventh graders in Texas are required to learn Texas history as per Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards. Growing up here, also learning Texas history, I figured every state had their students spending 1-2 school years learning about their state’s history. By college I realized this was rather unique to Texas…