So there’s the student version of senioritis, that condition known as getting completely burned out on school with the graduation finish line in sight. And then there’s the mama version. The mama version goes a little something like this….”I cannot, CANNOT, believe that my baby is wrapping up the whole high school thing.” With this possible adjunct as well: “How…
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I was absolutely delighted to be invited into a conversation about identity, writing and womanhood by Rachelle Dekker. Rachelle is sparkling, funny, intensely creative soul whose first book, The Choosing, will be released in just a few short weeks. Rachelle is also the daughter of Ted Dekker, the NYT best-selling author whose spiritual and psychological novels have defined a genre….
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This one turns 21. Our McKenna-Jane. Mickie-Jane when she was little. MamaChenna to her siblings and friends, for whom she is the nurturer and listener. Mick, your grandmother gave me specific instructions that you were not to be born on Tax Day. She was working for a tax prep firm and it was the weekend of your Uncle Dave’s big…
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Sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful social media handle… It was late 2007 when I started thinking that a blog might be just the thing to give me a creative outlet while still adjusting to living in a new city with newborn twins, which now had our kid tally at 8. Eight children,…
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Spring is definitely on our doorstep here in the good ol’ ATX. #SXSW is in full swing, MoPac is packed, a few thundershowers roll through and the red buds are in all their glory! So that also means it’s just about time for some new classes for LifeWomen at LifeAustin. You can find a full list by clicking here. I’ll…
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