Mommy-Guilt is weighing heavy on me this week.  We attended our first swim lesson of the summer on Tuesday, or should I say “kind-of” attended…as Luke (almost 2 yrs) screamed at the top of his lungs for the first 20 minutes of our 30 minute lesson.  With me holding him.  Hugging...

Meet Dawn, our twelfth MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Dawn City: Richardson Marital Status: married Mom to: Two sons, 6 and 4 years old. Occupation: Owner, Dawn Michelle Photography (www.DawnMichellePhoto.com) What was the last movie you saw and what did you think about it? *Vicky Christina Barcelona,...

Some of you may be surprised to know that the idea of MomsOutLoud.com is based on actual research.  Sure, a lot of it is what we call “secondary” research (reading other research studies that were done for other purposes)….but given my consulting background, of course I had to do...

I just calculated how long I have been on the journey to realize my vision for MomsOutLoud.com, and ironically, by the time the site goes live in three short weeks it will have been nine months. I’ve kiddingly called “Moms Out Loud” my third child, so I find it coincidental that it...

Meet Marie, our fifth MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Marie City: Lantana Marital Status: married for 17 years Mom to: 12 year old son, Stefon, 9 year old daughter, Autumn, 8 year old son, Cristian, and 6 year old daughter, Imani. Occupation: Children’s party planner and owner of Butterfly...

We had an incredible time at our McKinney Mom’s Night Out on August 14. The studio at The Joy of Pottery was packed, and everyone had a great time chatting, snacking, and painting pottery. It’s hard to communicate in writing the energy we had in the room, but it was really amazing. A big...

At the end of the evening, as we were wrapping up, it struck me how closely the approach to painting pottery mirrored the actual personalities of myself and my sisters. So of course we had to take pictures and share them with you. You can’t tell this from the photo here, but this entire piece...

Meet Michelle, our second MOMumental Mom of the week. Name: Michelle City: Frisco Marital Status: married Mom to: Seven year old daughter, Presley and one year old son, Camden. Occupation: Mommy, wife, and volunteer/founder of Chloe Duyck Memorial Fund, a fund we started in memory of our second daughter...

Thanks to everyone who came out to Premier Wines in Plano on July 24 for the first Moms Out Loud Mom’s Night Out party. We were so happy to see everyone having a good time, meeting new Moms, and reconnecting with others. We even had two women who had gone to high school together bump into each...

In Sunday’s Plano Star Courier, the front page headline was: “Stay-at-Home Moms Turn Entrepreneurs.” And guess who was one of the four featured Moms?!? Yours truly….and Moms Out Loud! Please click the headline above and read the article. It is inspirational, even if you are...