Living the SweetLife: Finding Home September 2014 If you think back to when you were a child there are special things from that time...
Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life Houston Human Interest Writer #alisamurray
Super Sizing YOUR Sweet LIFE! It takes time to become what we already are. Think on that for just a moment. Life moves through seasons and with each one it is sometimes a joyous time while others are quite stressful. We spend our lives moving through various states of being and the key to...
Living the Sweetlife: Bittersweet 16!
Houston Human Interest columnist Alisa Murray writes her award winning monthly featured column. #alisamurray,#alisamurraywrites Well folks…she’s driving! Victoria Ann that is; and with this next level of growing up, I have found myself both overjoyed at the young woman we are so blessed to get to parent and scared silly all at the same...
Cooking with KIDS and Chef Tarsha
Sustainable farm to table living is vital to a healthy lifestyle. It is not easy to plant seeds and nurture them into tiny plants, let alone harvest the garden and have the...
Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life: Lost and Found Finding Father’s Day Treasures in Nana’s Pocketbook
A few days ago I was digging around in my closet and for some reason I glanced up and saw my Nana’s black pocketbook. I grabbed it and opened it up knowing there would be something inside. Nana used to always keep things in her purses and drawers and I remember as a child...
Living the Sweetlife: April
Living the Sweetlife: Try not to succumb to “The Middletons” The Middletons are a part of your life. Do you know them? I sure hope so since they are helping you raise yourself and your children. They have infected every part of our society and have quietly snuck into our cultural norm. The ads...
Living the Sweetlife: Hysterical & Heartbroken
Living the Sweetlife: Heartbroken and Hysterical March 2014 In 1994 I was doing a wedding and at the rehearsal dinner at Los Alamados one of the dear children tugged on my dress and pointed outside and shouted “kitty!” It was November and quite a cold evening. I went out into it and bent down...
Living the Sweet Life: The Color of the year is you guessed it! “Radiant Orchid”
What is your favorite color? Mine has most recently become black. I think that as an artist, the fact that black is the only color that actually has all of the colors in it makes sense to me. Perhaps too it is because it is just easy! Pretty much anything…and I mean anything looks...
How to have Peace on Earth December 2013
Over the past several months I have been listening to family and health radio. One afternoon, doctors were discussing genetic mutations and how what we do to our bodies actually genetically rewires our DNA. Did you know that? They stated what we put into our bodies actually alters how we react and respond. They...
Alisa Murray’s Living the Sweet Life November 2013
We are Family.. My Brother and My Sister and ME! Ok start humming “We are Family” by the Pointer Sisters. I can’t help myself and for only just a moment I am truly sorry! If there was a song to describe Summer 2013 it would be this one and a blast from the past...
A Cat’s Life….
Sometimes I wonder about “luck.” Mostly when I am in my den with a cat on my lap thinking of the various probable outcomes that could have been with my cats. Take for instance Christopher Thomas, who is the last of pre-baby animals in my home. Turning 18 this September and despite a few...
Keeping it in the family
Passing On What Can Not Be Taught I remember Uncle Jim being a real funny guy. He was my mother’s only brother and since my Daddy was an only child subsequently my only uncle. We would meet up every few years because he lived far far away in Texas and the rest of us...
Celebrating Sisters!
Celebrating Sister’s Day The first Sunday in August is Sister’s Day, and I, for one, will be celebrating it. I know the secret marketing gurus behind the scenes have created this “holiday” of sorts in a probable effort to generate income for the card industry, but if you have a sister, you probably would...
The Work of Men
It’s father’s day. This is a time when I think back to the men in my life who reared me, and the gratitude that I feel towards them for having done such a great job. I was fortunate enough to have several wonderful men around me, guiding me and setting the examples of what...
Mothers and Daughters
I think there’s nothing more amazing than being a mother. It is crazy, but from the first time I laid eyes on my children, I began making comparisons to who they look like. As babies, it was who’s feet and hands does she have … does he have my eyes? As they got older...
Making Memories in the Sun!
Summertime! It’s hot and the best time to go out and enjoy water sports! I remember getting up at the crack of dawn as a kid and packing up stuff for the day at the pool. Back then, we would start swim team practice early, about 6 am, and then, stay all day getting...
This Mother’s Day Be in the Moment!
Mother’s Know We live. We love. We loose… We loose that is, each other to life. The cycle of it all is something that everyone since time began has tried to explain and has always been the muse of the great artists. Where are we going, what have we done, and why are we...
Look Outside and Tell Me What You See
Protecting Our Number One Asset I can’t remember the last time I was really hungry. Can you? That’s what I had swimming through my mind the other day as I watched the latest reports about the economy. 60 Minutes aired a story a few weeks ago showcasing what has been happening all over our...
Focus on the magic of Mothering
May 2007 What exactly does it mean to be a mother? As young girls we are told you will grow up someday and become one, but it is a loaded statement to assume every women becomes a mother. Quite to the contrary I think many women find themselves looking down at their new little...