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Human Rights Advocate and Mom of Two Vanessa Bouché
Vanessa Bouché, human rights advocate and cofounder of essential oil company Savhera, talks raising her two daughters.
How Katie Holmes, Stay-At-Home Mom of Seven, Spends Her Tuesdays
Katie Holmes is a mom to a blended family of seven children. When she’s not running after her kids, the stay-at-home mom is a family photographer and volunteers for the elementary school library. She and her husband, Chadwick, a journeyman electrician, live in North Richland Hills with their children—Kaden, 11, Kenna, 10, Riley, 9, Marley, 8, Joel, 7, Luke, 6, and Liam, 5.
A Monday in the Life of Jadah Queen, a Denton County Dancer and Mom of Six
How this Lewisville mom balances a dance career and raising six kids.
How LaTari Prater, Mom and Manager at Dallas Public Library, Spends Her Wednesdays
LaTari Prater is a branch manager at the Dallas Public Library. She and her husband, Jerry, live in Cedar Hill with their two-year-old son, Trey.
A Fort Worth Mom’s Experiences with International Adoption and Foster Care
In honor of Adoption Awareness Month, mom and veterinarian Dr. Becky Lee Burk shares her experiences with international adoption and the Texas foster care system.
This Fort Worth Mom of Seven is Bringing Her Childhood Traditions to Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is just a few days away. For such an important holiday (one that literally celebrates gratitude and generosity in…
Author Jaclyn Amend Pens Bedtime Tales About Dallas
Cozy up in bed and enjoy local literary tales by this Lakewood mom of two.
Dallas Mom Jihan Woods Wants to Help Families Find Black Santas
Santa’s elves might all be back in the North Pole, but one Dallas mom is making the season a little jollier with her app, Find Black Santa.
A Saturday in the Life of Adrienne Rickett
Adrienne Rickett is an administrator for Baylor’s graduate medical education program. The lifelong Texan lives in Grand Prairie with her…
The Greenway Shop Founders Share Their Top Picks for Living Well
Hallie Lamont and Flauren Bender share their clean beauty must-haves.
What Clean Living Means to the Co-Founders of The Greenway Shop in Dallas
Best friends-turned-business partners Flauren Bender and Hallie Lamont get real about clean beauty and starting a brand as moms.
Ginger Curtis’ Interior Design Tips
Our Mom Next Door talks interior inspiration, self-care tools, and her favorite local spots for Tex Mex.
Urbanology Designs’ Ginger Curtis
North Richland Hills mom and Urbanology Designs founder, Ginger Curtis, knows heartbreak, abuse and hard times all too well. She shares with us the other side of that—the joys of living creatively and raising a modern family of five.
A Friday in the Life of Denton Mom Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson is a full-time student training to be an aesthetician. She and her 5-year-old son, Jett, live in Denton…
A Tuesday in the Life of Kim Martinelli, Speech Therapist and Mother of Two
A peek into the life of the Lake Highlands mother of two, balancing her career, family and life with her older son, diagnosed with Zellweger Spectrum Disorder.
SMU Alumna Elena Davis Shares Her Family’s Down Syndrome Journey
The Lakewood mom of three balances teaching dance lessons, her family and self-care, amidst her son’s diagnosis of Down syndrome.
A Friday in the Life of Donna Nguyen-Pham
Donna Nguyen-Pham is an accountant manager for XL Wholesale Packaging Supply Inc. and designs children’s clothing through her Etsy shop, SydneyJadeCo. She is married to her high school sweetheart and partner of 25 years, Dung, a radiology director for Arlington Memorial Hospital. Together they live in Mansfield with their three children, Jayden, 11, Mason, 5, and Sydney, 5.
GAIA Empowered Women’s Paula Minnis Talks New Dallas Store
Helping refugee women adjust to their new lives in Dallas-Fort Worth was the motivation behind GAIA Empowered Women, a clothing…
Get to Know Paula Minnis, Mom of Four and Founder of GAIA Empowered Women
Long before Paula Minnis was founder of GAIA Empowered Women or a busy mom of four (Will, 16, Genevieve, 14…