She’s had her share of unexpected family deaths
“I married a man who was a descendant of the pioneering Wooster family. The Woosters came to this area in the pre-Humble Oil days and settled over on the west side of town where Baytown Nature...
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Like mother, like daughter when it comes to health
Mother, age 54: “I was a fast food queen at one time, so I just wanted to get back to being healthy again. I wasn’t sick or anything. I just knew that internally things didn’t feel...
‘She’s not going to just sit down and rust out’
“She worked for many years taking care of children and cleaning house. Now she sits on the porch and sneaks out back to cut her grass with scissors because the lawnmower didn’t do a good enough...
Mother determined to be there for her girls
“My girls are 4, 3 and 2 years old. They can be a handful at times, especially because I’m doing it all by myself and my youngest one is pretty much blind. “She was born with...
‘All I ever wanted was to be a mom’
“She’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me. Now we’d like to have a boy. “When I was younger, all I ever wanted was to be a mom. But I wanted to be different from...
Mother broken-hearted over daughter’s life
“I came to visit because I hoped my daughter would listen to me. But I have never experienced in my whole life someone who is so blind, who cannot see. She is a different human being...
Lifelong heart problem ‘really hasn’t fazed him’
“He was born with a significant heart defect and has undergone three open-heart surgeries. Eventually he’s going to need a transplant, but right now they’re just trying to get this heart to last as long as...
Kids learn difference between right and wrong
“My big focus is on my kids growing up to do the right thing. Some days scare me more than others to see what decisions they make. “We let them make their own decisions on a...
Mother, daughter each other’s biggest cheerleader
“I’ve lived through her … Girl Scouts, FFA, 4-H. We still do a lot together. My husband — her stepdad — gets upset about it sometimes. But you know what, I had her because I wanted...
Bumps in the road behind her son now
“My babies are 34 and 27. My son had little bumps along the way, but he’s been sober for over three years now. “It was tough. I was always so afraid for him, scared that I...
