Remembering Barbara Bush
Yesterday afternoon, I practically cheered when I heard the news that Barbara Bush's reported death had been “fake news”. Then last night, I heard that the fake news had turned into real news, and was suddenly saddened for her family...but also...
World Autism Awareness Day
Today, April 2nd 2018, is World Autism Awareness Day. It matters a lot to me, because I have a son on the autism spectrum. Doctors used to call his version “Asperger's Syndrome”, indicating a different level of autism, but the 2013...
Easter 2018
Every year, I give something up for or pledge to gain something during Lent. This year, I didn't know what to give up since I was running for office and literally running pounds off. Food wasn't important to me, no particular obsessions had...
Abigail Adams
“I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your...
Good Friday
Today is Good Friday. As my students noted, it is a “good Friday, because there's no school.” In today's world, that's often how this special day gets treated. It's actually listed as a bad weather make-up day in my...
True Feminism
Women's Liberation Movement. Feminism. Woman Power. Before March's “Women's History Month” is over I wanted to publish two stories for you to share from a conservative perspective. Today's post is on the myth that...
March 7th Thank You
Dear Tarrant County friends, It's important that I thank all of you who have encouraged and supported me in this campaign. This run for office has been my introduction to politics on a larger scale, and I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know and work with so...
Presidents’ Day
Today we celebrate Presidents' Day. Designated as a holiday in 1885 in honor of George Washington's birthday, what we know commonly as “Presidents' Day” is still called “Washington's Birthday” by the Federal...
Best Valentine’s Day of Your Life
Today is a unique day. It's appropriate that as Lent begins this Ash Wednesday and we remember that this year's “ashes to ashes and dust to dust” also happens to fall on Valentine's Day, that we celebrate Love. Because there is...