Family
40 stories
Dear Jane »
My mother-in-law knew how to sew, keep an immaculate house, and dress stylishly. In short, she was nothing like the unpolished young woman who married her son. Perhaps that’s why we loved each other so much.
May 2012 by Prudence Mackintosh
Being a River Walk Tour Guide »
Elizabeth Taylor on being a River Walk tour guide.
May 2012 Interview by Brian D. Sweany
A Q&A With Mimi Swartz »
After her mother’s death, Mimi Swartz found herself getting to know her father all over again.
November 2010 Interview by Molly Bruder
Teaching Children About Music »
The Biscuit Brothers on teaching kids about music.
November 2010 Interview by Pamela Colloff
Meet the Parent »
In the year since my mother died, I’ve learned a lot of things—like how to spend time with my dad.
November 2010 by Mimi Swartz
Wild at Heart »
My mother trained me to be a naturalist in our suburban backyard, one bird call at a time.
July 2010 by Rick Bass
Down Tobacco Road »
A prayer for the beach. A prayer for courage. A prayer for the perfect crab cake.
July 2010 by Donna Xander
Our House »
Sometimes a home is more important than a hometown.
June 2010 by Elizabeth Crook
Childhood’s End »
Mission
June 2010 by Erasmo Guerra
The Departed »
They say you can’t go home again—especially when pretty much your entire family has moved away.
April 2010 by Oscar Casares
Two Burials »
Today my grandfather is buried in a family plot in Laredo. But to understand who he was and what his family was like, you have to know the story of his first burial, seventy miles away and nearly twenty years earlier.
March 2010 by John Phillip Santos
What She Wore »
On the day my mother died, I found myself in the place that, more than any other, had defined our relationship: her closet.
January 2010 by Mimi Swartz
Toy Story »
From a Magic Garden crystal kit to a plastic replica of R2D2, the diverse offerings at three toy stores in Austin are right on—for any age.
January 2010 by Nicolette Mallow
The Manual 2.0
A Native American storyteller and the experts from San Antonio’s Centro Cultural Aztlan teach Andrea Valdez how to build a Día de los Muertos altar.
November 2009
Parent Trap »
I’ve read more articles on overscheduled children than I care to count, and I like to think that I’m very in tune with trying to balance school, free play, and scheduled activities. But am I?
October 2009 by Patricia Busa McConnico
Being a Super Model »
I avoid saying the word “diet” like the plague. I try to be careful about what I eat and what I do because I know my six-year-old daughter is watching me. She’s listening.
September 2009 by Patricia Busa McConnico
The Young and the Restless »
How young is too young to say “I Do” (and how old is too old)?
August 2009 by Rena Behar
Still Life »
A violent tackle in a high school football game paralyzed John McClamrock for life. His mother made sure it was a life worth living.
May 2009 by Skip Hollandsworth
All in the Family »
A new film presents a never-before-seen look at Dominique de Menil in her curatorial element.
March 2009 Interview by Jordan Breal
Dreams from My Father »
How my dad learned to stop worrying and love a Democrat.
February 2009 by Eileen Smith
Confessions of a Working Mom »
Every once in a while, it all seems to bite me in the you-know-what.
February 2009 by Patricia Busa McConnico
The Long Goodbye »
I’ve treated hundreds of elderly patients with Alzheimer’s. Now the disease is stealing my own father.
January 2009 by Jerald Winakur
‘Twas the List Before Christmas »
And my favorite Christmas present of all time is...
January 2009 by Eileen Smith
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