By Kristan Doerfler We arrived in Rome at 10 a.m. local time Saturday. It is now nearly 2:00 a.m. in Greece Monday morning. A fair percentage of our group of 30 have slept maybe 2-3 hours since we crossed the pond. We toured major Rome sights during the day to keep the jetlag from setting in. Our original plan for the Beatification was to meet in the hotel at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning to read more

Courtesy of Cy-Fair Hospital When you’re having a baby, you’ve got a lot on your mind—including how much weight is safe to gain and how to lose it after birth. To assess how much you know about pregnancy and weight, decide if the following statements are true or false, then check your answers. Remember that every woman is different, so talk with your doctor about your personal nutrition read more

By Shara Lawrence Weiss As I sat down to write my article this evening, I pondered the possible topics… it’s Mother’s Day and I’ve had a long weekend. What subjects are hot right now? What would people care about on a May Monday morning? When I clicked through my emails, I saw that a new comment had been left. A young lady had commented on an article of mine, written well over a year read more

By Angela Bickford On Friday, I spent the day at the Chick-fil-A LeaderCast. It was an all day event simulcast live to over 80,000 people from Atlanta, GA. I participated here in Cypress, but the event was still amazing. I still haven't fully processed all of the information I learned. The topic was 'Voice of Change' and covered how a new style of leadership is emerging, and how you can be read more

Cheating is a tough subject... There are many ways to be intimate with someone, but are all ways equal? What about when you're married? Is one type of cheating worse than the other? And, what exactly constitutes cheating? Craig & Angela Bickford share their thoughts in this week's He Said/She Said blog. She Says: My feelings about cheating are complicated... I almost read more

By Stacey Gliniewicz This week has been a tough week for this Mom. Since returning to work full-time, fulfilling other ‘Mommy’ responsibilities, being a wife, student, and friend, it seems that relationships with my family suffer. I was asked a difficult question today to the tune of building meaningful relationships with my children and my family. Talk about a punch in the gut! I am read more

By Diana Saufley Do you have a wild beast roaming your house that steals the very socks from your feet? We have one at my house. What I am talking about is that mysterious creature that steals socks so that there are no matching pairs. No one knows when and where it lurks, but somehow it manages to weekly snare a few more socks. To combat this problem, which has more to do with the read more

By Sara Parker I know. I know. The rejoicing over Osama bin Laden’s death was over-the-top. Inappropriate, to be sure. I get it. But can I just be controversial for a moment and suggest we cut our fellow Americans some slack? When I woke up on Monday morning of this week and read the news, I was shocked to see the exhilaration on the faces of thousands of read more

Courtesy of Cy-Fair Hospital Kids need their sleep. Not only does it provide much needed downtime for us parents, but it helps our children grow and develop. Studies have linked sleep to the ability to learn, create memories and solve problems. Did you know that inadequate sleep and excessive sleepiness can have a negative effect on a child’s overall health, school performance and read more

By Victoria Armijo As another school year comes to an end we as parents begin to think back on everything our child has learned and how they have grown in the past year. Although, they have made the effort and the work themselves, they could not have done it without their teachers. Teachers work very hard all year through with their students and their biggest accomplishment is to see them read more

By Angela Bickford Originally guest posted on The Work at Home Woman As a freelancer and business owner, I don’t get paid if I’m not working. I’ve had great work-ethic instilled in me, and I’ve been known to work seven days a week all day long. I bet you can relate… So what happens when we hit a wall or just get tired of working all the time? When our spouses or children compete read more

This week we have chosen to take a look at a religious topic that many people often talk about, but don’t necessarily do. Our relationship has already had many ups, and at the worst time, Angela made the decision to start praying over our relationship together, and it made a huge difference. Craig completely credits her with making this decision, and today we are going to discuss how you can read more

By Chrissy Bernal I had a conversation with my neighbor this weekend that was like a virtual slap in the face. She reminded me of a story about a big boulder that was blocking a major road. Each day, commuters would simply go around the boulder, despite how much trouble it was. One day, though, God told a man to push the boulder. Each morning, the man would push the boulder with read more

From the entire Simply Cy-Fair team... We cannot imagine the sheer devastation and utter loss the people across the United States are going through right now. Our hearts go out to those affected by the storms. Some of our team have family and friends affected, and we are trying to grasp it all. Imagine... Your place of work - gone. Your income - gone. Your car - read more

By Sara Parker In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week I don’t remember many details from the day my husband and I met with a reproductive endocrinologist in 2005. I recall certain images: the doctor’s haphazard sketch of my uterus on a clean white sheet of paper, his reassuring smile as he described our 60% chance of success with in vitro-fertilization, the pale sheen on my read more