Stephanie is mom to Jaykob, 4 years old, and Jiles, 6 months. A single mom in Las Colinas, she currently…
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Natural Treasures
Upon entering Debby Jewesson’s Kessler Park home, you immediately want to start exploring. Curiosities abound; almost every angle presents an…
Wine Down
If a getaway to Napa just isn’t in the cards, bring the wine tasting home with Times Ten Cellars. Crafted…
The First in Hurst
Newly dedicated on August 20, Mayfair Park’s sprawling playground is the first in Hurst designed specifically for children with special…
Peace Up
Get on the road to inner peace with aromatherapy. Dallas-based Flower Road Natural Therapies’ founder and president, Michelle Shelmire, starts…
Fill Up
Have you gone gluten free? If you’ve been wanting to, but don’t know where to start, you’re in luck: Whole…
Andrea Safford
Andrea Safford, Eagle Mountain mom of three (Bradyn, 3; Angelina, 3; and Cristyn, 1) sits at a table in the…
The Last Picture Show
Autumn. Back to school. And, sure as No. 2 pencils and spiffy new backpacks, Picture Day is not too far…
Unconventional Charm
Amy Gibbs isn’t ordinary. The petite blond, dressed in a cobalt-blue dress and brown Louboutin sling-backs, lives in Highland Park…
Paranoid Parenting
In her book, Lenore Skenazy, author of Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had (Without Going Nuts With…
Get Fresh
Now that school is in full-swing, our jam packed schedule is … well, wreaking some serious havoc on our skin….
C Is for Challenge
We first profiled Robin Cordry in October 2008. In celebration of her milestones, and the milestones of more than 100,000…
My Final "At Bat"
My final at-bat resulted in a standup triple. Unfortunately, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3 were busy that night and didn’t record…
Washed Up
After three hot months of sun and chlorine, our hair is … well, decidedly less than stellar. So we hit…
Tipping Point
Anyone who’s ever waited a table, worked a valet stand or serviced a client in a multitude of ways knows…
Grandeur (and Grandmothering) Become Her
James Robert Maxwell Elam (aka JR) Whitman is going to “work” today. But it’s not just any day and not…
Duly Noted
There’s something about September that has us dreaming of new “school supplies” … for ourselves. (Why should the kiddos have…
Banishing BMI
A recent study suggests doctors should discard the tried-and-true body mass index measurement in favor of the lesser-known neck circumference…
(im)Perfect Parenting
Perfectionism. Far from what it sounds like, experts describe the reality of perfectionism as a mix of the compulsion to…
More Than Mom
What would you say if someone offered you a job paying $117,000 per year—but you have to agree to work…