moms we love

Pierce left a counseling position to be a stay-at-home mom to Jude, 9, and Helena, 7. Around June’s second birthday, the seed for a career she never predicted was planted: professional cake decorating.

Monica operates an organic food service and lives in Irving with her husband Jim and 8 children.

A former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, Melissa is a special events sales manager at AT&T Stadium. Melissa and her husband Shawn, a producer for ESPN, live in Grapevine with their 6-year-old son, Jake.

Angela lives in Frisco with her husband Michael and three kids: Matthew, 9, Abigail, 5, and Mae, 2.

Katie is a licensed professional counselor living in The Colony with her husband Jason and her 13-year-old daughter Emma, who has double hemiplegia cerebral palsy and pervasive developmental delays.

Dallas-Fort Worth native Sarah Penrod’s cooking prowess has landed her in the kitchens of politicians and professional athletes, and on the television screens of millions of Americans.

Susan lives in Trophy Club with her husband Bryan and their two boys, Liam, 2, and Caden, 7, who has autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.

Morrow and Herrell are co-workers turned best friends and also the founders of Oilogic Essential Oil Care, a line of concentrated, 100 percent pure essential oil blends diluted and formulated specifically for kids.

Shrayber is a full-time fashion blogger and stay-at-home mom to three boys: Ely, 7, Fynn, 5, amd Zander, 3. Jaime and her husband Mark, CEO of Muv and Kadium, live in Dallas.

In the seven years since Heinz has moved to Dallas, she’s worked her way up to a marketing job at 7-Eleven, married her grad school sweetheart, Peter, a financial restructuring consultant, and welcomed two girls.

Briesch, a 36-year-old certified public accountant and mom to two boys, is on the board of Easter Seals North Texas, acts as an ambassador for Autism BrainNet and writes for Autism Speaks.

Dreeny lives in Valley Ranch with her husband of 10 years, Tony, who works for the city of Carrollton in…

Jennifer Ogden is a buyer for CUSP, the contemporary arm of Neiman Marcus. She and her husband Chris, who owns…

Tiffany Smith is a special education resource and co-teacher for Mansfield ISD, which means she takes students out of their…

Lindsay lives in the Ridglea area with her husband and their sons Samuel, 2, and Benjamin, 5 months, and their 6-year-old standard poodle, Bentley.

Amanda is the vice president of marketing for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas in Dallas. She lives in the Rockwall area with her husband Jim, a realtor, and their three boys.

A Texas A&M University alumna, Shaffner, 40, has worked in recruiting for nearly 20 years. She is also mom to 2-year-old Allie and 6-year-old Logan, who was diagnosed with complete agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) at 32 weeks in utero.

Christy MacMaster lives in Coppell with her husband Scott, a finance director, and their four children, Danielle, 14, Katie, 12, Brian, 9 and Charlie, 4.

Candace is an estate attorney, stay-at home-mom and judicial campaign steering committee member. She lives in Colleyville with her husband, Collin, and their three kids.