2009-11

Like many young women, I dreamed of having my own children. But my topsy-turvy world caused me to put it off for a long time.

Editor’s Note
November 2009

What’s Really Important

On Oct. 15, 2009, the nation stood still as a weather balloon drifted across Colorado, ostensibly with a six-year-old boy trapped inside.

Two years have passed since I cleaned the inside of my refrigerator. I am not lazy. I just think perhaps I’ve earned the maternal right to a certain measure of filth.

Like the basement.

“I've had a baby!" my mother exclaimed happily, following the judge's adoption pronouncement on Friday, February 6, 2009 that formally made me her daughter.

Clinging to the hope that autumn really is arriving central Texas, I thought I’d share some tips this month for camping with your family.

When Highlights magazine asked kids to participate in its 2009 State of the Kid survey, it didn’t expect any earth-shattering results.

If so, the library wants to hear from you!

If you’re looking for artistic education in Round Rock, Chisholm Trail Middle School is the place to go. Now, the whole state knows it.

They came with children and with stories. They calmly held signs but shouted no slogans. They had one purpose: to quietly demonstrate that mothers need health care reform.