“When I heard about the coronavirus, the first thing I did was pray, ‘Please don’t close the schools. Please don’t close the schools.’ My boys are particularly rambunctious, and they don’t always get along perfectly with...
“When we arrived at the hospital in Baytown, they rushed me into the emergency room. One of the doctors said they would need to run some blood work and also do a spinal tap. But based...
“I have heart failure and SVT (supraventricular tachycardia), which is like an irregular heart beat. It makes me feel tired a lot. Some days I have to stay in bed. I can’t play with them like...
“When my ex-husband and I were deployed the first time to Afghanistan, my kids were separated. My oldest daughter stayed with my family and the twins were with his family. So they don’t have that normal...
“This is my stepson. I’m dating his mom. We’ve been together a few years now. It’s going well. We recently got a house. It’s a pretty big step. Hopefully, we’ll get married one day. “I like...
“It’s kind of hard to say. What happened to me when I was a little kid, when I was 7 … I got molested by my neighbors. Ever since, it sparked a fear of men. “Growing...
“I’ve got good kids for real, man. They are so good and so polite. They believe in abiding by the rules and laws. They have a high level of respect for everybody, even more so for...
“I’m a volunteer court-appointed special advocate for children who are in the foster care system. Their case worker may change. Their attorney may change. But unless they move to Austin or some place like that, I...
“My grandparents raised me. We lived in an area where you couldn’t go outside very often. So you had to find something to entertain yourself. In my household growing up, it was reading. Every book was...
“I have three boys and one girl, ages 18 to 22. The two oldest boys never really had any major problems. But the third one, he would always look for a challenge. If you’d say, ‘Don’t...
