A SaltyMOM

Stories from the Salty Mom

Real life.
A little salt.

Motherhood, marriage, faith, family travel, getting older, and the occasional need to stand ankle-deep in saltwater until everybody stops asking questions.

A peaceful Gulf Coast beach with sea oats and a chair beside the water

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The whole salty collection.

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The Cottage Cheese Conspiracy

I hated cottage cheese. Then it became the creamy center of a tropical chicken bowl I actually wanted to eat. The unexpected food conversion that started in my salad.

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The Bean and Cheese Burrito That Ended My Career

I could route 100 houses across San Antonio with a paper map. What I could not do was out-plan a small child armed with refried beans.

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One Portion of Hash Browns and a Burned Control Box

A missing bra, one betrayed breakfast, a daughter providing exceptionally limited field reports, and the possibility of financing rural infrastructure one foot picture at a time.

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There Is No Perfect Time to Take the Vacation

Four little people, one spontaneous winter road trip, and absolutely no idea where we were going. Sometimes the imperfect trip is the one that changes everything.

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More stories coming

Life keeps handing me material.

I’ll keep adding the stories worth telling—the trips, the family chaos, the things that make me laugh later, and probably a few things that still irritate me.