About Me

Hello and welcome to my blog, Mommy Notes from the Edge.  I’m a mother of two small children, a wife, a writer; I’m probably a lot like you if you are reading this.  I lead one big crazy life that is mostly happy even though it feels like I might go over the edge sometimes with the insanity of everyday life.  When I’m not mothering, wifing, or writing I am also an adjunct professor of history and literature and I have two extremely undisciplined dogs that I occasionally enjoy.  I live a good portion of the year as an expat in Bogota, Colombia due to my husband’s job which makes an already hectic life even more interesting. 

I’m originally from Texas and lived there the majority of my life until moving to Bogota.  I got my B.A. in Political Science and Spanish at UT Arlington and my M.A. in Humanities there as well.  (I have to add the degree stuff; I worked so hard for it ya know.)  I worked as a high school Spanish teacher for 8 years which I could write a whole blog on because that experience provided me with a lot of really weird and interesting material but I’d probably get sued.

In this blog I will share with you my personal experiences in this crazy adventure called motherhood.  I will try to impart to you advice based on my experiences however twisted it may be.  I will discuss the everyday things that we all experience from a woman’s perspective; my successes, failures, shortcomings, etc.  I’ll write about family, specifically mothering a family and all of the curve balls that can throw at a woman.  I will write about all of the crazy crap that can happen; the good the bad and the ugly.  But all of it true, I’ll share all of the details.  I want my readers to know that we all share the same struggles.  I want them to hear my story so they know that they are not the only mom’s feeding their kids Oreos for breakfast. 

I promise to be honest and true in everything that I share here and even though some of my stories may sound outrageous I can’t even begin to make this stuff up.  So, I invite you to read, peruse, comment on and enjoy this blog.