I Don’t Want No Paper Scrubs: My Trip to the Psych Ward

He helped me out of the tub, just like he did when I was nine months pregnant and I relied on him to be my center of gravity. Tears streaming down my face, I put on my clothes and my husband and I left arm-in-arm for the emergency room. I knew I couldn't argue this …

Pizza Tours Are A Slice Of Heaven

When it comes to pizza, I am a no limit soldja. From Totino’s to gourmet pizzas with the fancy toppings, give me all the pies. So when I heard my first outing on my selfish solo mom trip to Florida (stay tuned for that post!) was a birthday “pizza tour” for a friend of my …

Mom, Interrupted

You know that movie with Wynona Ryder where she goes to the mental institution with Brittany Murphy (RIP) and June from Handmaid’s Tale? Last October, I had my own “Girl, Interrupted” moment. Except, instead of a sad rich kid with a haircut that would so NOT look good on me... I was one. tired. mother. …

Lower income, rural citizens depend on federal healthcare funds

In Texas and across the nation, there is a crisis with rural hospitals closing, and others in financial distress, according to advocates. In the past 2 ½ years, 58 rural hospitals have closed across the nation. Thirteen of those in Texas. Director of Government Relations for Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH) Don …

Can we kill the Tooth Fairy already?

The Tooth Fairy has got to go. I'll admit, when your first kid loses their first tooth and you get to see the look on their face when they run into your room with cash in their hands in the morning is frikkin magical. But you have to keep doing it. A ceremonial tooth under …

Grievances of an elder-millennial

There are some things, as an elder-millennial, I must address. I guess you could say I grew up with technology. My dad played Journey and Eddie Money records on our stereo stack thingy with the ginormous speakers. My brother played Duck Hunt while I waited for Tiffany to come on the radio so I could record …

Buh buh buh

I’ve had a nervous breakdown before, so hear me out when I say I am in no way minimizing important mental health issues. Some days I feel like the short little people in my home are going to morph me into Goldie Hawn in "Overboard." Buh buh buh buh buh. Buh. For all you millennials …

It’s the internet… do you know where your kids are?

You know that thing where you’re supposed to make sure that your kids aren’t watching inappropriate content on TV? I’ve done that since they were babies. Caillou? Whiney brat.             Teletubbies? NO. Just, no.   Thank goodness we’re at the non-cartoon phase of childhood in my home. I can handle …

My earliest memory

My dad was in the Air Force, stationed in North Carolina -- or North "Careliney" as I pronounced it -- when I was a child. I was only 3 or 4 when we lived there, but I have many memories. I had a friend name Tashida who lived next door. She was a little older …

5 problems with social media

Oh...hello, long-neglected blog. We're in the midst of summer; my first as a working mom. I decided to start a 30-day blog challenge to give myself an outlet after writing about death and destruction during my working hours. (I am a web content producer for a local news station in Texas.) Problem 1: It brings …