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What Texas Strong Really Means in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey

When my Texas Strong shirts raised $146,000 after the Memorial Day floods hit Hays and Caldwell counties in 2015, I had no that Hurricane Harvey would rock southeast Texas two years later. I was born in Austin and raised in central Texas, but my mother and grandmother were born in Houston. The bulk of my […]

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Meet Jade Greenough: Texas Strong Woman of the Month

The Texas Strong Woman of the Month is the beautiful, talented, and immensely patient Jade Greenough–a dedicated dance teacher, choreographer, and studio owner, cancer survivor, daughter, sister, advocate, and friend. Meet Jade Greenough Born and raised in Austin, Jade has been teaching dance in central Texas since 1998 but also battled ovarian cancer in her […]

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Faith Marriage Motherhood and Parenting Texas

Meet Alyssa DeLosSantos: Texas Strong Woman of the Month

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 […]

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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Grief and Mental Health Motherhood and Parenting Texas

Lauren Flake releases second book “Where Did My Sweet Grandpa Go?”

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 […]

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Faith Marriage Texas

Meet Kadi Stunz: Texas Strong Woman of the Month

This month’s lovely, fierce and talented Texas Strong Woman of the Month is wife, photographer, and mental health warrior Kadi Stunz. Meet Kadi Stunz Originally from Lubbock, Kadi currently lives in McKinney with her husband Jakeb. She is the owner of Kadi Dawn Photography and founder of Of Lions & Lace, a faith-based community for […]