Some TEXAS MONTHLY Stories on Family

My adventures with Mr. Brown.
by Prudence Mackintosh [November 2007]

My grandsons aren’t Texans … yet.
by Prudence Mackintosh [September 2007]

True-life tales from the files of one of Houston’s top divorce lawyers.
by Mimi Swartz [August 2007]

When the doctor told me my third child had Down’s Syndrome, I knew that my life had changed forever.
by Lisa Wilson [September 1988]

You see them on TV, adorable youngsters asking to be adopted, But the dreadful odyssey of the Wednesday’s Child rarely has a made-for-television happy ending.
by Jan Jarboe Russell [August 1988]

The Mansion chef’s most redolent recipe came from Sunday suppers at his grandmother’s house.
by Alison Cook [February 1988]

Fred Thomas was young, poor, and black. Not only was he afflicted with the terror of schizophrenia, he was also faced with the chaos of the Texas mental health system.
by Joseph Nocera [November 1986]