Stories
Essays on presence, family, and the life we’re paying attention to.
Welcome to South Padre
The island beyond spring break — a quieter South Padre for families and Winter Texans, when the timing's right.
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Welcome to Wimberley
Where our story slowed down — and the little Hill Country town we love to send you to.
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The Mom with No Title
"Do you work?" It's the all-in, in-between place — running a family and a business at once, with no single word for any of it.
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5 Things I Learned From My 91 Year Old Grandmother
She loves Jesus, her occasional tequila, and her family. On her 91st birthday, Wella gave me five pieces of advice — in Spanish, between laughter and tears.
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Living with a Trader
In 1996, I met this guy — and married the risk. Twenty years of learning to love uncertainty, from the other side of a trader's desk.
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My Leap of Faith on Necker Island
I broke the surface with the elegance of a brick. Hours later I sat down with Richard Branson, and realized what really connects us.
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The Truth in Tamales
My family's stories come wrapped in tamales — four generations, one kitchen, and the secrets folded into masa and cornhusk.
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A Renaissance Mom's Writing Retreat To Italy
A writers' conference outside Siena, with three kids, both sets of parents, and a cat named Tomato. I got my writing circle. Everyone else got Tuscany.
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