Month: June 2015

  • Mother Nature’s Son

    Paradise Campground, Oregon.  Sebastian is hungry, so we stop.  As a mother, there are a lot of uncomfortable places and ways to feed your baby, but there are also some moments where it just feels right.  In this moment, I felt connected to the outside world, a part of the living cycle in which things…

  • Hike It Baby – Terry Hershey Park

    Close to the time my maternity leave from work was ending, I stumbled upon this group online that seemed congruent with my current lifestyle –  Hike It Baby.  The Houston branch is part of a national organization dreamed up by founder Shanti Hodges of Portland, Oregon in 2013.  There are branches in 100 different cities…

  • Mike Driscoll Park

    “Every time…”. That’s what my husband says when we make the turn from Beltway 8 northbound to head west on the Westpark Tollway. This is in response to what has been reduced to a simple gesture from me, or the beginning of a statement, something like “Someday, I want to…” or “Have I ever told…