Heather
Heather has called the Fort Worth area home since 1995, after growing up as an Army brat and preacher's kid. She's married to her college sweetheart, Chris (Sic' Em Bears!). Their kids include Collin (1999) and his wife Elizabeth (1999), Cooper (2001), and Caris (2004). Heather is the co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization, The Adoptee Collective, which offers lifetime adoptee support and post adoption resources, as well as pre-adoption education. Heather is also a TBRI® Practitioner. Heather has authored and published multiple books and she finds joy in using her gifts, time, and energy toward her life goal to finish empty.
Comfortable Clothes for Stylish Moms
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This global pandemic is now validating the daily clothing choices I've made...
Change the Lives of Foster Kids {Without Becoming Foster Parents}
Some people are able to become foster parents. But, if not, then you can become a babysitter or respite provider for them. If you can’t do that, consider becoming a CASA volunteer. If that’s too much, move toward the need by becoming wrap-around care to families in crisis, foster families, and adoptive parents.
60 Ways to Celebrate Birthdays (and Maintain Social Distancing)
Celebrate the birthday kiddos with hand-drawn greetings from friends using sidewalk chalk. Neighborhood friends can create chalked greetings in front of their home so that the birthday can be celebrated with a “chalk-walk” through the neighborhood to see all the messages.
Froggy Rain Boots on Sunny Days
Those green frog boots were a battle I was choosing not to fight. They were my compromise, which at times delighted me because I was letting my kid be a kid. Other times, they seemed to taunt me, as if I somehow lacked in mothering because I was being bested by a three year old.
The Discipline System That Saved Our Family
Each of these components work together to bring calm and order, saving your family from the tyranny of chaos and emotion.
Be the Anti-Lawnmower Mom
Be the parents who refuse to give in to a parenting philosophy that can disable your children’s ability to cope with obstacles as a natural part of life. Don’t parent out of a fear that tells you to smooth out all the bumps for your beloveds and make things easy for them. Teach them that failure and course correcting are part of how we learn.
The One Where I Got Benched for Christmas
This forced bedrest became the best Christmas gift ever. There simply was not a darn thing I could do, quite literally. No more gifts could be purchased, or events attended, or schedules upheld.