Mindfulness “When we plant the seed of a question or a problem in our consciousness, we need to trust that an insight will rise to the surface.” Thich Nhat Hanh...
Sweet Thought for Today
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Who do you love? When you think about your life do you have a clear understanding of the role that love plays for you? I know that I do. Love is the theme of this month’s issue and me and my Valentine are your cover. Inside that story is a tale of a great...
Love Rules and Hate Drools
This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine. Oh! This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine! Those words are words to live by folks. In the wake of all sorts of craziness that should not even be happening in our civilized society...
Living the Sweet Life: August 2016 Coming Home….
Many of you are packing up your teenagers and heading to the universities this month. This will be their new home as they embark on their adventures and begin a new chapter both for their lives but for those off us as parents. I remember such an occasion on a crisp fall day in...
Lazy Days of Summertime
July is possible the laziest month of the entire year and for great reason. It’s the only month that none of us has to really do anything…except of course work. Children are out for the summer and unlike June where it’s a scramble to finish strong with their classes or August where we are...
Houston Award winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s “Living the Sweet Life” | April 2016| #alisamurray
Living the Sweet Life : Being Mindful of the Greatness It’s that time of the year when we all are ready for the cold to dissipate and for the flowers to bloom. It’s GREATNESS time too. If your like me you found yourself last year reflecting and wondering “where did the year go?” Sometimes...
Award winning Columnist and Photographer | Alisa Murray’s Living The Sweet Life Celebrating a Very Happy 10th Birthday! November 2015
Ten years ago Micheal Fredrickson called me after I wrote about creating artistic spaces for children for one of his other publications and stated very matter of factly “ Alisa, you are a writer!” I laughed at him and said “well…I graduated with honors from University of Houston!” He then asked me if I...
Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life featuring Russo’s Italian Coal Fired Kitchen January 2016
It is always nice to find a spot that almost every time you walk through the door you run into a friend. Russo’s Italian Grill is such a place as there have been many a Sunday after church or a weekday afternoon that I drop in and not only always find something perfectly prepared...
Houston Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray | Living the Sweetlife October 2015 | #Alisamurray
Over the years I have been inspired to create different collections. Halloween, is of course one such time that gives so much opportunity. I began my Theatrical Spooktacular series a few years back and this has transformed not only my littles into their dream characters but it has made for some super spectacular art...
Award Winning Columnist Alisa Murray | Living the Sweet Life | Hearing Those Magic Words….| #alisamurray
Recently I went back home and spent a few days where I was as a child and driving the through the back roads that were evergreen with pastures and twists and turns and I found myself at the old pond that I fished in as a child. T Lane and Sally’s fishpond in fact...
Houston Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s “Living the Sweetlife” | July 2015 | “A Love Story”
Once upon a time in a land called the Carolina’s there lived a little boy named Brian and a little girl named Alisa. They went to school together…played in the school yard together and rode the same school bus home. In elementary school Brian held Alisa’s hand when she cried and missed her mother...
Houston’s Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s “Living the Sweet Life” June 2015 | #alisamurray
Living The SweetLife : Thinking about your Transition June 2015 So I want to get you thinking about something that most of you will not want to do. I want you to start thinking about what you want to happen when you are no longer amongst the living. Recently I...
Houston’s Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s “Living the Sweetlife” Radishes Anyone?? #alisamurraywrites #alisamurray #alisamurrayphotography
Living the Sweet Life: Radishes anyone? “Too much meat and cheese and you’ll get the disease!” It’s Sunday afternoon and it’s raining. For shooting this is no good but for gardening it’s a blessing. The lessons learned from growing a garden are so many. Our children need to understand what foods are good and...
Houston Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life April 2015 | #alisamurray
A Beautiful Responsibility I really like wearing a cape (figuratively speaking of course!) and given the opportunity to be a super hero at anytime in my life has, and I am sure will continue to be, ideal. Now, my time has come! Many already know that as the children have grown in my...
Living the Sweetlife : A Beautiful Responsibility
I really like wearing a cape (figuratively speaking of course!) and given the opportunity to be a super hero at anytime in my life has, and I am sure will continue to be, ideal. Now, my time has come! Many already know that as the children have grown in my family client base...
Houston Award winning columnist | Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life March 2015 | #alisamurray
Living the Sweetlife : Study the facts So ya’ll can call me old school but I am really having a hard time having patience with this measles thing; as a mother, as an educated person and as a doctor’s daughter. I am wondering why no one is demanding that in any public space if you...
Houston Award Winning Author Alisa Murray | Living the Sweetlife February 2015 | #alisamurraywrites
Living The Sweet Life: I am “owned” are you? February 2015 Do you own your pet? Or does your pet own you? A perplexing question isn’t it? After much thinking on the subject, and since I do not live with dogs; I have come to terms with the fact that cats...
Houston’s Award Winning Columnist | Alisa Murray writes “Living the Sweetlife” | #alisamurraywrites
After giving to others all season I’ll bet most of you are looking at the same thing I am looking at, a house full of new “stuff” trying to find their space in your home. Each year I try to disguise this clutter by just removing the holiday decorations. It always seems to work...
Things to do | Alisa Murray’s Sweetlife column |November 2014
Thanksgiving 2014 Things to do right now….. Order a bunch of clothes and toys Drink Wassail Eat candied apples and sausage balls Eat chewy peppermints Make and Eat chocolate pecan (pronounced Pee-Can) pie Bake lots of cookies especially the peanut butter chocolate ones that’s Brian’s favorite Make a list Play Buble’ Holiday album Place...
Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweetlife “Hope and Inspiration ten years in retrospect” #alisamurraywrites
Living the Sweetlife: October 2014 Hope and Inspiration in Retrospect I remember her sparkly blue eyes and her infectious laugh the very most. Then when I think of her my mind goes to her two beautiful young daughters. I am pleased that she will be a part of my life forever…(Alisa Murray, Artist...