This month’s Texas Strong Woman of the Month is incredible wife, mom, writer, speaker, friend, and Bible teacher Alyssa DeLosSantos. I’ve known Alyssa for about two years now, online and in person, and I am constantly inspired and refreshed by her honesty, wisdom, kindness, and humility. Meet Alyssa DeLosSantos Alyssa is our first ever non-native…
Mother’s Day is filled with grief and hope for me. One Mother’s Day weekend, our family went fishing with my in laws and maternal grandmother on the Texas coast. Mother’s Day is a difficult time for my grandma and myself, since losing my mom to early onset Alzheimer’s disease. We thought that the trip would…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2017 For more information, contact: Lauren Flake [email protected] Lauren Flake releases second book Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?: A Preschooler’s Guide to Losing a Loved One. Lauren Flake, the Buda woman who helped to raise over $145,000 for Hays County flood recovery with sales of her “Texas Strong” t-shirts…
I used to hold onto everything as tightly as I could–material possessions, places, talents, jobs, relationships. I attempted to maintain control, terrified I might let something slip through the cracks. I strove for perfection and grieved each and every change, failure, and loss as a sign of my own powerlessness. Then, as I became a…
Tomorrow marks one whole year since we held the launch party for my debut children’s book, Where Did My Sweet Grandma Go?: A Preschooler’s Guide to Losing a Loved One! We had so much fun celebrating the release of this Sweet Grandma Book that guides little ones and their families into meaningful conversations about legacy, grief and…
