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madeworthy CONTRIBUTERS’

PUBLISHER

What is your word for 2018?

Victoria Wise

EDITOR Lee Virden Geurkink

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Sarah Angle Edward Brown Jackie EH Elliott Jocelyn Tatum Lyle Brooks Christy Ortiz Kam Phillips-Sadler Tricia Schniederjan

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Embrace - Lee Virden Geurkink

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Create - Sarah Angle

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Resilience - Edward Brown

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Release - Jackie EH Elliott

William Wise

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

A: Authenticity

Kim Burnstad

- Joclyn Tatum

ILLUSTRATOR

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Collywobbles - Lyle Brooks

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Balance - Christy Ortiz

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Discernment - Kam Phillips-Sadler

Trish Wise

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Enjoy - Tricia Schniederjan

A: Ineluctable - William Wise

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Garden - Kim Burnstad

A: Benevolent - Trish Wise

DESIGNING THE SIMPLE LIFE

by Sarah Angle California Southern. Bright, natural, and airy.”

She says they’ve been heavily influenced by the places and spaces they’ve lived. Brett is from Santa Barbara, and Kara is a country girl from Aledo. That California vibe mixed with sweet Texas country creates an heirloom modern feel that’s appealing to their clients in Fort Worth and the producers at HGTV. Brett says shooting that pilot was fun but nerve-wracking. “It’s weird and wonderful to see your significant other on television,” he says.

The process was unscripted and real with playful banter and creative ideas on how to transform a space – just like they do for their clients every day.

High Street Homes recently launched its online shop, containing curated pieces that embody the timeless design that the Phillips use so much in their work. Good design, Brett says, comes down to understanding what you really need. “When you’re thoughtful about your design, you find out what really matters. What makes your family thrive.” And those answers, he says, might surprise you.

In a living room, for example, Kara says a vintage and family-friendly rug is essential. “The rug we have is from the 1930s. It’s been through many lives.” On the couch, Kara is drawn to fabric linens and slip covers, while Brett prefers worn leather: the more wear on it, the better.

With a home full of kids, closed storage is a big deal. “Hide your toys. Hide everything,” Kara laughs. But on the coffee table, leave room for the children to play with items that they can touch without shattering glass or breaking the bank.

The Phillips have moved nine times in their seven years of marriage. And with each move, they realize more and more that too much stuff weighs you down, literally and figuratively. The inevitable and often magical transitions in life become a lot easier when simplicity is your soul’s centerpiece.

As far as this star couple goes, their faces may be hitting HGTV in early 2018.

Stay tuned.

Brett and Kara Phillips have that look. You know, the one that screams talent and ambition mixed with a heavy dose of bold tenacity. They also have that other look. You know, the one fraught with food stains plus the sleep-deprived eyes of two working parents with three very young children. But that’s the beauty of this family. They’re real.

That authenticity and talent is something that’s caught the eye of television producers, too.

About five years ago, the Phillips started a real estate and home design company called High Street Homes. They both had their day jobs – Brett, 34, ran the Neeley Leadership Program at TCU, and Kara, 32, was a cash manager at Walsh Holdings – but they wanted to help change people’s lives for the better, and they believed that started at home.

Like many entrepreneurs, the Phillips were their own guinea pigs, building their house on land Kara’s father owned in Aledo. Soon after finishing their house, they had a list of clients who wanted to apply their design style to their own living spaces. That style focuses on timeless pieces and modern simplicity.

“In today’s culture, everything is here one day and gone the next,” says Kara. “Seasonal and tossed out. We love the idea of building a brand of embracing items that can work in many different ways and have longevity.”

Kara says she wants to have things they can pass down to their kids, too.

Those kids – Walker, 4, Grant, 2, and Hayes, 11 months old – are the building blocks of their business. Because, as all parents know, living with children demands a different kind of lifestyle and design. “Our life is all about simplicity,” Kara says. “It has to be because we’re doing so many things,” says Brett.

One of those things is a potential new show with HGTV. The couple signed with the network in 2016, after being “discovered” on Instagram. They shot a pilot last year. “They [HGTV] liked that we were embracing old but new,” says Kara. “Vintage finds and clean lines. Our style is 4

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Issue 3 | Jan / Feb 2018

A little before noon, several Lower School students began trickling into the cafeteria at Fort Worth Country Day. Some were dressed in athletic attire, others wore County Day’s blue-hued plaid uniform. All were hungry.

After the excited youngsters grabbed apples, vegetables, and pasta in the main food line, they passed two large green bins on the way to their tables. The containers were emblazoned with large white lettering that read, “Compost.” Most of the children I spoke with that day had the composting mantra memorized: If it grows, it goes. This environmentally friendly practice is a partnership with Cowboy Compost, the venture that was co-founded by Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya last year with the goal of cutting down on local food waste.

Fort Worth Country Day’s Head of School Eric Lombardi said his staff had looked into the possibility of starting a composting program, but the logistics were too onerous. That changed when a Country Day mother, Helen Todora, introduced Lombardi to the directors of Cowboy Compost. After a formal meeting in June, Lombardi approved the partnership. Country Day students were already expressing increased interest in horticulture. Last year, the college preparatory school began a 4-H club, which teaches leadership through handson science and agriculture projects. The school’s campus also has a hill that is left undeveloped, so students can see Texas’ native plant life.

In the first week of Country Day’s composting program, approximately 2,100 pounds of food were collected in those green bins. Composting is not a quick process. It takes several months to a year for the food scraps to be naturally converted into soil. When the soil is ready, much of it will be used around the campus for various projects, Lombardi said.

Back in the cafeteria, Lower School student Emmy Kate shared her thoughts on the new program. “Composting is important because it helps everybody, and it doesn’t waste food,” she said. A few months ago, Miguel Harth-Bedoya visited Country Day to speak directly with students about the importance of composting. Emmy Kate still remembers how the charismatic conductor described how much food is wasted every year in Fort Worth.

One mother, Allisen Prigel, sat nearby with her son, Broadie. Allisen said she was proud to see her son’s school focus on the greater community. “Our kids are learning even at this young age that they can have a greater impact by learning responsibility, empathy for others, and environmentalism.”

Half an hour after the students arrived in the cafeteria, they began returning to class. With little to no guidance, each student first visited the recycling bin before emptying his or her leftover food into the green bins.

Lombardi said he and his wife have started using Cowboy Compost at home.

Participants in the program are given a clean bucket with a lid for discarded food scraps. Every two weeks, a Cowboy Compost driver picks up the bucket, replacing it with a clean one. Lombardi hopes Country Day families will consider using the composting program in their homes.

The new program has been a learning experience for faculty members, too.

Sarah Smith, who teaches first grade, said composting has been an ongoing subject in class, especially for the younger students. Smith said the amount of waste that has been cut down has been surprising. “We recycle, and pretty much everything else is composted,” she said. Composting “has broadened our awareness of how much was being thrown away. It’s amazing to see there’s very little that goes into the trash now.”

As early as next fall, Country Day students will begin gardening using soil composted from food scraps that would normally end up in landfills. Each year, the FWCD Parent Faculty Association sells decorated pumpkins as a fundraiser.

Lombardi sees the possibility of growing most, if not all, those pumpkins on campus using soil from Cowboy Compost. The lessons learned from recycling food scraps reflects Country Day’s core values, he said. “I particularly think of our core values. Two come to mind: Respect and Responsibility,” he said. “This is about respecting our environment and taking responsibility for our own involvement in that environment. I love that this is a true teaching moment. We’re all learning. I think Miguel has been a great teacher. It’s not hard to do something really significant.

We have a responsibility to do what we can.” photography by Tiffini Crum

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WATERS CRAWFISH ROLL, CHEFS JON BONNELL & ANTHONY FELLI

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LOCAL FOODS KITCHEN TORTILLA SOUP, CHEF KATIE SCHMA Chef-owner Katie Schma has won over Fort Worth with her exquisitely crafted breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Tucked away at the end of a strip mall in the Tanglewood neighborhood, Schma’s Local Foods Kitchen offers both dine in and take-out options, and has become, over the course of a couple of years, a local hangout. Chef Katie shares the recipe for her delicious tortilla soup. for the soup 2 large dried pasilla ancho chiles 1 (15 oz.) can of fire-roasted tomatoes Chef Katie suggests the Muir Glen brand

2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped 1 tsp. cumin 8 c. chicken broth kosher sea salt freshly ground black pepper 1½ lbs. raw chicken breast 1 red bell pepper, 1 green bell pepper, and 1 red onion, julienned Chef Katie juliennes the peppers and the onions and then cuts the julienned slices in half

Juice of one lime 1 bunch of cilantro, stems and all, chopped Chef Katie says the stems are crucial for the flavor of the soup

for the toppings fresh lime wedges corn tortilla chips grated sharp cheddar cheese diced avocados fresh cilantro leaves sour cream, if desired Using metal tongs, toast the chiles carefully over the open flame of a gas burner or in a dry skillet over medium heat until they are soft and fragrant. Set aside on a cutting board to cool, before discarding the seeds and stems. Cut the chiles roughly and place in a blender, along with the fire-roasted tomatoes in their juices. Set aside.

Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-low heat. Add the chopped onion and garlic and, stirring frequently, cook until soft and translucent, roughly 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked onion and garlic to the blender with the tomatoes and chiles. Add the cumin. Puree all the ingredients together until very smooth.

Return the soup pot to high heat. Once pot is very hot, add the pureed tomato-chile mixture all at once; it should sizzle immediately. Cook over high heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens substantially, approximately 5 to 6 minutes. Once it is ready, it should resemble the thickness of a loose tomato paste.

Add the chicken broth to the pot and combine thoroughly using a spoon or whisk. Reduce the heat and allow the broth to simmer for 15-20 minutes.

Season generously with salt and pepper to taste.

Over low heat, add the chicken. Cook for a good 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove the chicken and shred or roughly chop the meat and place back into soup pot. Add the julienned peppers and onions and simmer for another 20 minutes. Finish the soup with lime juice. Add all the cilantro that you chopped. Taste for salt again and serve hot with the toppings!

Having cemented his reputation as one of the leading creators of urban western cuisine with Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine, Chef Jon Bonnell opened WATERS Restaurant to showcase his love of seafood. Now located in Fort Worth’s Sundance Square, WATERS continues to delight seafood-lovers with its innovative menu. Executive Chef Anthony Felli provided Madeworthy with the recipe for one of WATERS’ lunchtime favorites. for the filling 1 c. mayonnaise 1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice ¼ c. finely diced celery ¼ tsp. celery seeds 2 tbsp. Cajun seasoning 1 tbsp. chopped parsley 1 lb. of cooked crawfish tail meat Combine the crawfish with the mayonnaise, lemon juice, diced celery, celery seeds, Cajun seasoning, and chopped parsley and set aside. for the roll 2 c. shredded romaine lettuce 1 tbsp. of your favorite citrus vinaigrette* 4 individual French bread rolls Butter for grilling or toasting the rolls Cajun Seasoning to taste Slice open the French rolls and remove some of the bread, leaving a good shell of crust and bread to support the sandwich. Butter the interior of the rolls and toast until the rolls reach your desired state of doneness. (The restaurant grills the rolls.) Toss the romaine with the vinaigrette and add to the crawfish mixture.

Toss until fully incorporated. Stuff the rolls with the crawfish and romaine mixture and sprinkle with the Cajun seasoning. Chef Anthony suggests enjoying this with a cold beer! *If you don’t have a go-to citrus vinaigrette, you can combine a small finely minced shallot with 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar, 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice, ½ teaspoon orange and lemon zest (mixed), salt and pepper, and 2/3 cup good-quality extra-virgin olive oil. This will keep in the refrigerator for up to a week and can be mixed with various herbs.

WAGYU BEEF BACK RIBS, PIT MASTER JOE RISCKY Joe Riscky is a fourth-generation BBQ pit master. He recently launched a catering service, cooking for parties and special events. Joe is currently doing regular pop-ups to delight the senses and satisfy Texas-sized appetites. Look for a permanent location to open Spring of 2018. For pop-up locations and updates, you can follow him at facebook.com/joerisckysbarbeque Feeds 4-6 for the ribs 2 slabs of back ribs 4 tbsp. salt 2 tbsp. black pepper 1 tsp. chili powder 1 tsp. paprika Blend spices together and rub into the top and bottom of the slabs of ribs.

Smoke on your favorite smoker with post oak wood at 250-275° F. Smoke until ribs are tender, between 1 ½ to 3 hours. Pull the ribs off the pit and let rest for 15 mins before serving. for Joe’s pit master sauce ½ tbsp. salt ½ tbsp. chili powder ¼ tbsp. black pepper 1 c. sugar 15 oz. tomato purée 15 oz. ketchup 1 c. water 1½ tbsp. Louisiana hot sauce 1½ oz. Worcestershire sauce 4 oz. apple cider vinegar ¼ stick butter Mix salt, chili powder, black pepper, and sugar and set aside. Add tomato purée, ketchup, water, hot sauce, Worcestershire, vinegar, and butter to a saucepan and heat until boiling. Once it boils, add the reserved spices and stir to combine. Bring the sauce back to a boil then remove from heat. Let cool and serve with ribs. illustrations by Trish Wise

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A C TI V I TI E S

January 8-10 | 7:30pm

February 2-18

January 11 | 6pm

February 3, 7pm

Neverland: Casa Mañana casamanana.org

Shen Yun: Bass Hall basshall.com

FairMOUNTI GRAS Casino Bash: Fairmont National Historic District: Southside Preservation Hall historicfairmount.com

2018 Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Induction texascowboyhalloffame.org

January 11 | 7:30pm

Igor Levit, piano Cliburn Concerts: Kimbell Art Museum Piano Pavilion cliburn.org

February 10, 7pm

January 12- February 3

February 18, 12pm

Monster Jam: AT&T Stadium monsterjam.com Family Festival: Eye on Fashion: Kimbell Art Museum kimbellart.org

Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo fwssr.com

January 17, 6pm

Kitchen Garden Cooking School Harvest Series: Tarrant Area Food Bank tafb.org/events

January 19-20

February 19, 7pm

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE: King for a Day! : Bass Hall basshall.com

Fort Worth Fairytale Ball: Pretty Princess Parties prettyprincesspartiesmn.com

February 23-25

January 19-21

February 24, 7pm

The Cowtown Marathon cowtownmarathon.org

15th Annual Django Reinhardt Festival: Arts 5th Avenue artsfifthavenue.org

January 20 & 27, 6 pm

Carnival Ride Photography Class Fort Worth Camera fortworthcamera.com

January 20

Dutch Oven Cooking: Log Cabin Village logcabinvillage.org

2018 Celebration of the Arts, Art in the Dark: The Arts Council of Fort Worth artsfortworth.org

Tricia Schniederjan, TanglewoodMoms. com Fun in the Fort contributor, brings you the top Fort Worth experiences. You do not want to miss these!

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by William Wise In Januar y and Februar y, there is no bigger event in Fort Worth than the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Dating back to 1896, it is also one of the longest-running events in our city’s histor y. People come from all over the world to watch and compete in the two-week event that hosts ever ything from judged livestock competitions to the original indoor rodeo.

This year, the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo will have all the wonderful events of past years, as well as some new special features and activities. According to the off icial FWSSR newsletter, Whoa, “the stock show is like a cool science lab and playground rolled into one.” In addition to the fun of the midway, you and your kids can learn about the importance livestock plays in our health and well-being, or how tiny seeds become our food and clothing. You can see and touch adult and baby animals at the petting zoo. They can even watch as chicks emerge from eggs before their ver y eyes. At Kids Gone Wild on Januar y 21st, the Texas Wildlife A ssociation will let kids get up close and personal with many of animals native to Texas, including a red-tail hawk. There will even be a f ish tank the kids can catch a catf ish.

Here are some special dates to put on your calendar.

Jan. 16 t h : Dickies Day

Jan. 29 th : Militar y Appreciation Day

Wea r a n y Di ck i e s i t e m a nd ge t f re e a d m i s s i o n t o t he gro u n d s . ( Doe s not i n cl u d e ro d e o a d m i s s i on.)

A cti ve and Re ti re d mi l i tar y s e r vi ce me mbe rs and th e i r i mme di ate f ami l i e s ge t f re e admi s s i on and rode o ti cke ts to both rode o pe rf ormance s .

Jan. 25 t h : TCU Day

Jan. 31 st : Cook Children’s Day

We a r a n y TC U i t e m a n d ge t f re e admi s s i on t o t he gro u n d s . ( Do e s n o t i ncl ude rode o a d m i s s i o n . ) TC U s t u d e n t s ge t $10 rode o t i cke t s w i t h v a l i d s t u de nt I D.

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Blessed McGill: Fifty Years On

by Lyle Brooks

Fifty years ago, Fort Worth native Edwin “Bud” Shrake was anxious about how his New York publishing house regarded and therefore would market his third novel, Blessed McGill. The reductive “Western” handle underserved an epically nuanced portrayal of Texas during Reconstruction. The terms to truly depict the work – some say, “Absurdist Western” – may simply not have existed in an era dominated by Louis L’Amour’s formulaic ranch romance stories. As the country was embroiled in violence and political strife, the literati misjudged a terribly unique story told by a hero unlike any other. A hero who may hold as many answers to the illness of the world today as 1968’s chaotic and fragmented national landscape. A hero who says in the book, "I have seen that there is unity in all things, and as a result, I do not so much mind dying."

Alongside Paschal classmate Dan Jenkins, Shrake jumped early into the newspaper world at the Fort Worth Press while still a student at TCU. Hooked by the characters dotting the police beat, he developed discipline and a keen ear. Perhaps one can imagine an authorial salute to his journalistic past when the titular McGill declares, “I have observed more death than most,” in his introduction. Jenkins and Shrake were central to a gang of writers known as “Mad Dog Inc.” These writers were known to perform “indefinable service to mankind,” in addition to creating a remarkable array of literary output. Perhaps these wild literary adventures lie beneath McGill’s confession that he spent “…ten years without sleeping more than five hours…”

In some ways, perhaps Peter Hermano McGill and this impeccably researched account of settlers’ life after the Civil War allowed the author to express parts of his own career. Austin Film Festival founder Barbara Morgan explains, “That book was where his ‘60s and ‘70s self really came out.” Both Shrake and his main character were crafty and could isolate themselves to work, as Shrake incorporated his continuing work for Sports Illustrated into extended research trips, most notably his work in Northern Mexico for, “The Tarahumaras: A Lonely Tribe of Long-Distance Runners” (1967).

Barbara Morgan established the Austin Film Festival showcase the growing number of screenwriters in Texas. Morgan can recall the first time she met Shrake

twenty-five years ago, “I think Bill Wittliff introduced us. We hit it off and became fast friends, and we’d go out to lunch. Of course, he got involved with the Festival.

I fell in love with Blessed McGill. I started reading historical westerns in middle school, and he truly described the reality for the settlers like few had. It was so visually accessible that I immediately started talking about making it into a film. But such a unique story needs a special screenwriter; it’s a challenge to find the right connection. You don’t want to screw it up. I still have a couple of the books he used for research that he let me pick out.”

Shrake’s genius may have been his ease with all sorts of folks, much like his hero McGill, who, though he had his enemies, was granted esteem across various tribes, whether they were filmmakers, politicos, musicians, golfers, or football players.

Morgan adds, “Bud was one of the funniest people I’ve ever met; he could read a room really well. That’s the key to McGill, it is brutal but also full of this irreverent humor.“ Jean Hardy Pittman’s late husband and co-publisher, John M. Hardy, added Blessed McGill to their Texas Literary Classics series back in 2007. Jean, who runs Front Street Books in Alpine, edited Blessed McGill with Shrake, about whom she says, “Mr. Shrake was a great gentleman, and it was an honor to be his editor.” The two would go on to work on his book Custer’s Brother’s Horse, which is a fine novel in its own right. They would remain friends until his death.

There can be no good reasons for a person of Texan upbringing, or any lover of literature, for that matter, to leave Bud Shrake’s novel Blessed McGill unread. Shrake’s command of language allows not only as richly a woven portrayal of the earliest settlers to the Lone Star State, but forges a world of evocative violence, tender observatories on the human condition, and a timeless sense of humor which rewards each reading. What we consider simpler times were no less complicated and riddled with struggles as our more technologically-advanced era. As new formats for telling stories continue to evolve, Blessed McGill remains like an old gold mine awaiting the right imagination for a quest. illustration by Trish Wise

by Jackie EH Elliott When it comes to the first months with a newborn, new moms try more tricks than a card-carrying magician. I know this for a fact because my son – born in the middle of Hurricane Harvey last year – sent me full throttle into the longest love affair with a Pinterest board I've ever known.

Yes, taking care of my little bundle of joy and gas requires countless hours of reading the "best," "greatest," and most "sanity-saving," tips written by other mommy bloggers. Some of these newborn hacks worked beautifully; others turned into classic Pinterest Fails. What I find easier than putting my faith and my son's happiness (and my sanity) in the hands of Pinterest is polling the collective wisdom of friends. In November, we asked the Tanglewood Moms Facebook group to chime in with their favorite newborn hacks. As we have come to expect from this amazing community, many women heeded the call, sharing the best advice they've received – and a little humor along the way. I'd reckon to say that Fort Worth mothers are like no others, and having tried so many new recommendations, I thought I'd share a few of my favorites.

H o l d M y Fi n g e r After one-too-many nights of sleep deprivation, I read somewhere that newborns relax into a sleepy state with greater ease when their grip reflexes are satisfied. I let my son hold my finger the next time he needed a nap. Sure enough, he started to drift off. I worried he might grip my finger too tightly, and I wouldn't be able to move him to the Rock-andPlay, but his grip strength has never overpowered his fatigue.

Swadd l e d , S a cke d , a n d S uit e d My son has the startle reflex of a meerkat. His hands fly over his head at every miniscule sensory perception, such as the creaks in the floorboards or the cooling breeze of a person passing by. We started with swaddling blankets, but those

didn't last long. Then we tried HALO SleepSacks, which helped us get some shuteye from weeks two to eight.

Somewhere around the second-month mark, I'd wake up in the middle of the night to the sweetest, creepiest smile ever seen on an infant, one arm out of his microfleece cocoon, waving wildly. He wasn't having the SleepSacks anymore. That's when I learned of Baby Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit. Picture the little brother from A Christmas Story saying, "I can't put my arms down!"

That’s what my son's sleepsuit looks like. It’s thick enough to disable any sudden movements, and I'm pretty sure he appreciates getting the extra rest, too.

Worth. Every. Penny.

Warming Up to Baths Those first few baths at home filled our tub with more tears than water until we tried this tip from a friend: soak a towel in warm bath water and lay it over our Summer Infant Baby Bather.

As soon as we started doing this, our little guy stopped screaming and fussing. You can also put a warm, wet hand towel over your baby's belly if she or he starts shivering.

Talk Baby to Me The Dunstan Baby Language system comes with the Oprah Seal of Approval, so you know it’s worth trying. According to parenting expert Priscilla Dunstan, infants aged zero to three months make only a few noises, which are easily decoded.

Here’s the breakdown: “Neh” means hungry, “Ow” means sleepy, “Heh” means uncomfortable, “Earih” means gassy, and “Eh” means burpy. Knowing about these sounds helped so much. When my son approached the three-month mark, all these sounds started to blend together, and he made new sounds, but I was grateful to know this system early on.

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S om e th in g S m e lls And it’s not my Diaper Genie. For baby gas, I tried the gripe water and the gas relief drops, and both seemed to work temporarily.

I’ve heard that they work wonders for other little ones, but my little man needed more help. I spent almost all of the first two months gently pressing his knees into his chest. In yoga, it’s called apanasana, or wind relief pose. In Mommy Speak, it’s known as running legs or bicycle crunches. I hate when he winces a little from painful gas relief, but the smiles that follow make me feel like I helped.

B a by e n Vog u e When I’m not standing on my feet lecturing at Texas Christian University, I’m at home with my little one trying to grade papers. I say “trying” because the grading is slow going, but my baby carrier helps me multitask. You’ll find me sporting a purpleand-grey Líllébaby 6-in-1 Airflow Carrier, bouncing and gyrating to keep the baby sleeping soundly. I almost lost hope early on when wraps didn’t work well for us, and he seemed unsure of the more ergonomic carrier, but I read that hating the latter was normal for infants under four months of age. We kept trying, and – wouldn’t you know it – he loves the carrier now.

There are dozens of other newborn hacks I’ve tried, but what I’ve shared in this list are the tips and tricks that worked best for me. And of course, every baby is different. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for newborns, so you will have to experiment. Don’t give up! You’re doing a great job!

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Night Train, Carly Allen-Martin, Oil, pastel and charcoal on panel, 30 x 30�

FROM VIETNAM

TO FORT WORTH

a story of perserverence and faith

by William Wise

Set a bit incongruously, or perhaps anachronistically, on the corner lot of two residential streets in an established and affluent neighborhood north of I-30, the Jerrel James Salon caters to the cosmetological needs of many of Fort Worth’s well-heeled citizens. As I drive through quiet, welllit streets on my way to meet Sau Le Hudecek, the owner of the salon, I pass pretty houses with manicured lawns and shiny new SUVs and sedans in the driveways. I am struck again by the shocking first sentence of Sau’s new book, The Rebirth of Hope,

“When I was six years old, the night before school started, my sister was killed by a land mine.”

daughter of an American GI, it was downright dangerous.

Sau was the target of constant verbal attacks from “friends” and strangers alike, in addition to violent physical abuse, often at the hands of family members. Sau’s mother, a hard-working laborer who toiled daily just to keep her children alive, had little time to intervene in the constant abuse her youngest daughter received. She did, however, try to protect Sau in one desperate, yet humiliating way. She regularly took Sau to have the hair she had inherited from her African-American father which marked her as an outcast, shaved off. It didn’t help much. To Vietnamese eyes, Sau was obviously American.

It was a heartbreaking childhood made worse by the sudden, violent death of the only person who truly accepted her: her best friend and sister.

That day, Sau’s life was changed forever by a longforgotten, yet insidious remnant of a war already over.

Sau welcomes me into her energetic salon with a bright smile on her open, friendly face. She moves with the ease and grace of someone who is perfectly comfortable in her own skin, which, considering her childhood, is surprising. By Vietnamese standards, her childhood was deplorable. By American standards, it was unimaginable. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s in post-war, communist Vietnam was difficult under the best conditions, but as the

I NT ER VI EWER

Many of the stories you wrote about are very humorous. Upon arriving in America, you experienced quite the culture shock.

S AU LE H UDEC EK

Oh yes. The first day we were here, the wonderful people from Travis Avenue Baptist Church had filled our refrigerator, but we didn’t know how to eat it.

We didn’t recognize anything as food. We tried to go to a supermarket, but we didn’t know how to buy anything. It was all so different. Now it is funny, but then we were just confused.

I NT ER VI EWER

It didn’t paralyze you though. You’ve been able to achieve such success here. Why do you suppose that is?

S AU LE H UDEC EK

IN T E R V IEWER

As a child of the 1970s, the Vietnam war featured darkly and freshly in the sociological and cultural tapestry against which I and my fellow Gen-Xers were raised. Hollywood and New York churned out movies and books about Vietnam at a rate commensurate with the public’s appetite for them, which, in retrospect, seems to have been unquenchable. America was still wrapping its head around Vietnam.

More tangible to many of us, and often more tragic than any character in movies or books, were those men by and around whom we were raised that had been there, had seen it, and yet spoke not a word of it. As we were being born into a world of relative peace and harmony, our parents’ generation was physically diminished by an enemy chosen for them in a war entered for reasons not their own.

Many of them bore or still bear the physical and emotional scars that are too often the legacy of war.

Later, as our young imaginations were filled with violent movie screen images of a beautiful place on the other side of the world torn asunder by a civil war that attracted foreign participants from around the globe, these silent, strong, yet often broken men kept their own counsel and so kept the lessons of war largely to themselves.

Something most of us never considered was the plight of children our own age who had, through no fault of their own, been born into a circumstance we could never comprehend. These kids’ lives were directed by the unpredictable vagaries of living in a war zone. When we went out to play with friends on the safe streets and sidewalks of Fort Worth, Texas, our biggest fear was crashing our bikes. Nobody I knew worried about stepping on a land mine.

bad. I wished for it every day. I didn’t understand why my father could not be there. Now, I know I don’t need a father.

You seem a very happy person, and you have an amazing capacity for forgiveness and for moving on. How is it that you can let go of the horrible things that have happened to you?

SAU LE HUDECEK

You have to accept those that hurt you. Not doing so is a mistake, and you can’t penalize mistakes with mistakes. Love is stronger than hate. So, you accept them and move on. People blame others for their problems and point fingers, but you must take ownership of your problems. If you own it, you can change it. If you only blame someone else, that person owns it, and you cannot change it.

IN T E R V IEWER

In your book, you describe a work ethic that is beyond most people’s idea of what is “normal.”

After your sister died, you were left with two other siblings, a brother and sister. You worked very hard to help your mother, but they didn’t. Why do you think that is? Where did that drive come from?

SAU LE HUDECEK

I wanted to be different. I saw how hard my mother worked every day to give us what little bit we had.

My brother and sister only made demands on her.

By the time I was four or five, I already had the drive to be different.

IN T E R V IEWER

You worked in the fields with your mother. You had one set of clothing that had to last an entire year.

You had to wash those clothes by hand each night with water you carried from a well. You attended school and did school work. You were beaten and bullied. How did you survive?

SAU LE HUDECEK

In Vietnam, we did not speak of God. Ho Chi Minh was the god. What we learned in school was about Ho Chi Minh. God was not allowed. But I always knew there was a God looking out for me.

IN T E R V IEWER

You were able to come to the United States because you are the daughter of an American serviceman. In your book, you say you have not sought out your father. Why is that?

SAU LE HUDECEK

When I was a little girl, I wanted to have a father so 10

You must be willing to ask questions and then listen to the advice people give you.

I NT ER VI EWER

That takes a lot of humility.

S AU LE H UDEC EK

Yes. You must humble yourself, but people are often too prideful. You also have to trust others and take their advice. After I had bought some rent houses, my friend who helped me with the houses took me to Aledo to show me some land and told me I should buy it. I didn’t want to buy this flat, ugly piece of land. In Vietnam, if you have a field, you have cows, and I didn’t want cows. I didn’t really understand why he thought I should buy it. I didn’t know anything about mineral rights, or leasing, or the growth of the city. I didn’t ask him though. I didn’t listen, and now that land is worth so much! It was a mistake, but mistakes are lessons.

I NT ER VI EWER

Ouch! That was a missed opportunity.

S AU LE H UDEC EK

Oh, yes. If someone gives me advice that I don’t understand, I know they are telling me this for a reason.

I NT ER VI EWER

You have had some difficult times here in United States, too. Your first marriage, an arranged marriage, was to a man who didn’t take the transition to a new country as well as you did, and your marriage deteriorated.

S AU LE H UDEC EK

We did not see things the same way. In a marriage, you have to have the same goals, but that is not enough. You have to agree upon the path to achieve those goals. I worked hard and saved every penny. I bought a car that didn’t cost very much to repair. He bought an old wrecked piece of junk that was going to take a lot of money to fix. He also did not understand why I wanted to go to school at night to earn my cosmetology license. For him, my job cleaning hotel rooms was good enough. But it wasn’t good enough for me. I had goals that he didn’t believe in.

I NT ER VI EWER

You dated some, but you wrote that it was never the right guy. Then when you met Don, you knew he was different.

S AU L E HU D E CE K

In Vietnamese culture, you take care of your parents, and they live with you until they die. American men didn’t understand that. And I had a son who I had to consider. Don accepted all of that. He accepted me for who I was and everything that came with it.

Also, Scott [my son] immediately liked him which was important to me.

I NTE R VI E W E R

Before you and Don got married, there was another difficulty you faced that would affect you later. A rather large one. At one point, you had some medical issues and received emergency treatment that saved your life.

S AU L E HU D E CE K

I worked very hard, and one day I collapsed and was taken to the hospital. When I awoke, I was told that I had ovarian cysts, and the doctor had removed one of my ovaries. He also prescribed me birth-control pills to help keep my other ovary healthy.

I NTE R VI E W E R

That’s not what happened though.

S AU L E HU D E CE K

No. After I married, Don we tried to have a baby, but when I stopped taking birth-control pills, I had strange symptoms like hot flashes. We had some tests run, and I was told I was in early menopause. I couldn’t believe it. I was only 32 years old. But the doctor assured me I was never going to get pregnant because I was in menopause. After a sonogram, we discovered that the doctor who removed my ovary had actually removed both of them and prescribed birth-control pills to cover it up.

IN T E R V IEWER

What do you think your life would be like if you hadn’t left Vietnam?

SAU LE HUDECEK

I would not have met my husband or had my daughter. My son, Scott, would never have graduated from college. When I was a child, I remember looking up and seeing an airplane flying high above. I thought to myself, “I will never have a chance to fly in an airplane or drive a car.” Now I only see opportunity. Now I have hope.

As a child, being American made Sau a target for hate, but it was that same American heritage that gave her the opportunity to create a better life. It was an opportunity she has capitalized on. Arriving here in 1993 with $20, Sau knew nobody. She didn’t speak English. She didn’t have a job. In less than 25 years, Sau, now 46, has achieved so much. She owns a thriving business and multiple rental properties.

She is also now an American citizen.

She is proud to be an American, and she is

grateful for the opportunity America has given her.

In fact, Sau’s new dream is to start a foundation to help the children of American service men and women achieve their educational goals. She says, “The men and women who served in Vietnam are heroes to me. All of those who serve, and their families, sacrifice so much for our country, and I want to do something to help them. “ The human capacity for suffering seems to be as individual as our fingerprints. Under extreme pressure, some break immediately, some bear it well only to break later, and some rise to the occasion and are called heroes. However, some simply take it in their stride. Viktor Frankl famously wrote, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances.”

Although she has suffered much, long ago Sau chose humility, forgiveness, gratitude, and hope as the watchwords of her life. As a result, she is accomplished, successful, content, and fulfilled.

She is a complete person, made whole by a life well-lived.

The Rebirth of Hope, published by TCU Press

I NTE R VI E W E R

It’s shocking that something like that could happen.

In the book, you mention that your doctor offered to testify on your behalf. Steering clear of any ongoing or potential legal proceedings, let’s discuss what happened next. As it turns out, you did get pregnant, and you have a daughter.

S AU L E HU D E CE K

My doctor suggested in vitro fertilization, and we decided to try it. We were a little bit worried about eggs splitting and having three or four babies, so we decided to have just one egg implanted. The doctors and nurses thought we were crazy because the chances of getting pregnant with just one egg were small. But I wanted it to be as natural as possible, so we left it in God’s hands and went with one egg. It worked, and now we have a daughter.

I NTE R VI E W E R

You’ve worked very hard, and, after a rough start and some ups and downs, life has turned out alright, hasn’t it?

S AU L E HU D E CE K

Yes, it has.

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tenemos prisa. Prisa de salir de la casa, de que crezcan mas pronto los niños, de responder a ese texto/correo/o comentario, de terminar de cenar para poder limpiar la cocina y finalmente caer (exhausta) en la cama. Por eso estamos trabajando en tomar las cosas con calma, y aprovechar de esos momentos pequeños u ordinarios para estrechar nuestras relaciones y tocar el corazón de nuestros hijos. Queremos saborear la vida en vez de apurarnos en vivirla.

Se ha preguntado ¿de dónde vienen las resoluciones del Año Nuevo? Se cree que se originó con los Babilonios y su celebración religiosa Akitu que se festejaba en marzo durante la equinoccio de primavera. Juraban promesas a sus dioses para ganar su favor en el año venidero. Julio Cesar instituyó un nuevo calendario en el año 46 aC, estableciendo el primero de enero como el día de Año Nuevo. Este mes fue dedicado al dios romano, Jano cuyos dos cabezas miraban hacia atrás al pasado y hacia adelante al futuro. Los Romanos también hacían resoluciones para el Año Nuevo. Durante los edades medias, esta celebración no tuvo aprobación de las iglesias Cristianas debido a sus raíces paganas, sin embargo, todo cambio con la introducción del calendario Gregoriano en 1582. Desde entonces, las celebraciones y tradiciones del Año Nuevo se pueden observar a través de muchas culturas en varias temporadas del año, y claro, incluyen la tradición de declarar deseos o resoluciones para el nuevo año.

Estrecharse Hay un dicho que dice que si no estas avanzando en la vida te quedarás atrás. No hay nada malo en sentirse contento con el status quo, pero sé que hemos abandonado a muchos de nuestros intereses por estar muy ocupados o satisfechos con el presente. Como tercera generación aquí en los Estados Unidos, mis hijos están en peligro de perder su idioma nativa. Así que es de primordial importancia de que hablemos más español en casa. Además, deseo dedicar más tiempo a varios intereses personales como la lectura y el arte, igualmente cómo ayudar a mis hijos a descubrir intereses y talentos que les traerán gozo a su vida. Resolvámonos entonces a estrechar la mente y cuerpo e ir tras cosas que podemos lograr si invertimos un poco más de esfuerzo.

En nuestro hogar no hacemos resoluciones de Año Nuevo, pero siempre estamos buscando maneras de mejorar nuestra vida. La mayoría de las personas, al hacer resoluciones se concentran en perder peso, ahorrar dinero, o viajar más a menudo. Todas estas metas son excelentes, sin embargo, muchas personas se abruman con demasiadas expectaciones, causando estrés y a menudo, el fracaso. En mi caso, siento que tengo más éxito en implementar cambios verdaderos en mi vida si me concentro en el cuadro completo. Aquí son algunas de las cosas en que nuestra familia está trabajando para ser más felices y estar unidos.

Simplificar Me fascina organizar los closets y los gabinetes de la casa, pues se siente una gran satisfacción cuando nos deshacemos de artículos innecesarios. Por eso procuraremos deshacernos de hábitos que nos cuestan dinero y tiempo que traen un mínimo retorno. A veces nos encontramos planeando itinerarios complicados para divertirnos en familia, cuando en realidad un simple picnic o paseo en bicicletas es mucho más apreciado por los niños. A final de cuentas, lo que más desean de uno como padre es nuestra atención completa.

Crear Paz Me he dado cuenta de que, como madre y gerente general de mi casa, mi actitud tiene mucho que ver con el ambiente en el hogar. Aunque me ENCANTA mi vida, el hecho de que educo a mis hijos en casa a veces me cansa, convirtiéndome en una persona desagradable y mal humorada. Lo peor de todo es que mi temperamento negativo se refleja en mis hijos y es notable en su modo de tratarse cuando surge un simple desacuerdo. Por esta razón estamos resueltos a tratarnos con bondad hablándonos pacíficamente, escuchando mejor, y perdonando prontamente los errores.

Ojalá que le resulte fácil a usted y su familia implementar los cambios que más les beneficiaran. De seguro será posible si se concentran en el cuadro completo y si persiguen las cosas que son verdaderamente importantes en su vida. Los animo a seguir re-evaluando sus necesidades durante el año entero, y les deseo con toda sinceridad no simplemente felicidad en el nuevo año, sino por toda la vida.

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Esperar Tal vez es porque mi hija menor ya no es bebé, o porque me estoy acercando a los 40, pero me doy cuenta ahora que el tiempo no espera a ninguno. Siempre

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Take baby steps. We are all capable of changing, but we are too ambitious at the start of the new year. We say we’re going to work out every single day and eat healthy and drink gallons of water and lose weight. “That’s too much. You’re just setting yourself up for failure!” says Sharon. Instead of trying to go to the gym every single day or buying one of those insane workout systems that promise ridiculous results in 30 days (and, like as not, lead to injuries), take baby steps. “Set smaller goals. [For example] walk around the block three times a week.

When you’ve got that down, add another goal.

Maybe drink two more glasses of water every day or eat more vegetables. You have to do things in increments.”

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A new year is so full of promises. All the missteps, blunders, and flubs of the past year are magically erased with the turning of the calendar page. We are invigorated, ready to take on new challenges. So we make our New Year resolutions, promising that this year we will be better about absolutely everything.

We will call our mother more often! We will start saving for retirement! We will work out every single day and lose every pound we have gained since we graduated from high school! Then, when we invariably slip up because we are human, we see ourselves as failures and stop calling or saving or exercising until the next year.

At least, that was my pattern. I am not a naturally active person, but I fall into the Resolution Trap every year. I promise myself that I’m going to eat healthy, drink more water, and exercise for at least 30 minutes every day. I buy new shoes, new workout clothes (have to look cute when I sweat!), lots of fruits and vegetables, a new water bottle, and I start exercising like crazy. Then I miss a day. And another. And another. And then I have a hamburger.

By the third week of January, I’m off the wagon and have given up for another year. To counteract this, I decided to talk to Sharon Jackson, owner and head trainer of Fit Bodies by Sharon, and Jennifer Kieta, instructor at Zyn22 and Health and Fitness writer for Tanglewood Moms, to get some advice. So here are some ways to make sure that you keep your New Year’s fitness resolution.

Talk about it. Jennifer says that keeping fitness goals a secret makes it easier to quit when you miss a day or two. If no one knows you have started a fitness routine, no one will know when you quit a fitness routine. Instead of hiding fitness resolutions, “tell friends and family who can support you.”

Find a buddy. I am quite good at rationalizing my way out of working out.

“I have far too much work to do!” “I’ll do it later.” “Oooh, look! Cat videos!”

To counteract this, both Jennifer and Sharon strongly suggest finding someone to workout with.

Sharon says, “We all need an accountability partner.

It’s easier to stay on track when you’re working with someone.” If someone is relying on me to workout with them, I’m far more likely to stop rationalizing and actually exercise.

Keep it interesting. It takes 21 days for a new activity to become a habit, and boredom is a sure-fire way to kill a new routine. If you only walk every day, you are going to become bored. “Try biking or yoga,” Jennifer suggests. Take a dance class or work with a trainer. Shake things up!

Track your progress. Jennifer suggests an exercise journal and a food journal. “Keeping a journal to document your successes each step of the way helps you stay focused and allows you to see the progress… a food journal is a good thing to have to keep track of what you’re eating.”

Reward yourself. All work and no play… Yes, it’s a cliché, but it’s true. Humans respond more readily to rewards. If you don’t reward yourself on occasion, you are far more likely to fall off the wagon.

Jennifer suggests buying a new piece of workout clothing. Sharon has a “cheat day” built into her food plans. Get a massage or a manicure. Do something just for you!

And finally, just get started! You don’t have to wait until a certain day to start your resolution. As Sharon says, “Why wait? You can start walking today!”

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Emily Stroud's book, "Faithful Finance: 10 Secrets to Move from Fearful Insecurity to Confident Control" will be published this month and sold in book stores and Sam's Clubs across the nation. Stroud is a Financial Advisor and will be at LifeWay Christian Book Store in Fort Worth on Saturday, January 6th from 6 to 8 pm. photo by Peter and Kim Robbins

Rachael C. Capua is blazing a new trail as the first Manager of Internal Communications for the Tarrant County College District. As an advocate for student empowerment, Rachael's role will support the work of the College as a member of the Chancellor’s Office.

In a recent transition, Dana McGuffin CPA, P.C., acquired Knutson CPA, PLLC. The expanded team of eight accounting professionals helps businesses with their bookkeeping and taxes. The acquisition will provide larger office space and additional talent to serve clients. photo by Lindsay Polyak Photography

McKenzie Amaral founded Bartender Babes, a cocktail catering service that provides mixed drinks and cocktails for parties and events. Bartender Babes seeks to not only serve clients and corporate events but also empower women to follow their bartending ambitions. Email: bartenderbabestexas@gmail.com

Rita Jones and Thor Schiller were engaged on a whirlwind weekend Chicago getaway. Rita, a landscape architect at Pacheco Koch, and Thor, a Project Engineer at Vaughn Construction, can't wait to start their lives together one HopFusion Feisty Blonde at a time.

Sixteen-year-old entrepreneur Jakayla Dixon has created Feel the Color. Inspired by the needs of her blind aunt, Dixon's growing company creates labels for the clothing of people who are visually impaired. Learn more at FeelTheColorTags.com

Fort Worth author Herd Midkiff recently published his first book, “Our Beating Hearts," a poignant memoir about love, loss, grief, and hope. Midkiff honors the memory of his wife Shannon through this touching love story which he describes as "boy meets girl, they fall in love, life happens."

Luna Antigua fashion mavens, Sandra Falcon and Pamela Lozoya, will travel to Guatemala this season to debut local, live giveaways of their clothing. Each of their artisanal garments works to empower Guatemalan families through economic fair trade. photo by House of Boston

MiShon Landry, CDP is the owner of Culture Consultants, a diversity & inclusion firm that helps organizations bridge the gap between inclusion and leadership. MiShon looks forward to helping the community develop and achieve more inclusive leaders in 2018.

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Brenda Rios was promoted to Director of Development at the JPS Foundation. The JPS Foundation serves as the bridge to connect community leaders and benefactors with JPS Health Network. JPS Health Network is Tarrant County’s first and only Level 1 Trauma Center. Rios will raise funds to care for the vast community JPS Health Network serves.

Fort Worth Public Library Foundation President Leslie Oliver became a grandmother and is as excited as ever to share about Books for Tarrant County Babies close to her heart. Leslie strives to make a difference for children and families this partnership, which encourages reading in families with newborn babies. www.fwplf.org/babyshower

Tiffany Harris’ Rodan + Fields franchise that she started as a side business flourished in 2017. She earned a Lexus GX460 and grew her business from one to a group of 544 individuals with wholesale sales over $1.3M. She and her husband recently visited San Francisco and Napa Valley, a reward trip for her success within the Rodan + Fields company.

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Whether you are comforted by Forrest Gump’s wisdom regarding life and boxes of chocolate or inspired by Robert Frost taking the grassy path wanting wear, there is no shortage of opportunities for life changes. Choices, no matter their motivation, are full of stress up to the point they have been made and there is no looking back. As new modes of incomes emerge, and old industries lose their agility, our world increasingly rewards those who can adjust course and adapt to changing times.

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Nicole Smith has seen shifts among those she consults. “We live in a time where personal fulfillment is becoming more and more important. We seek balance and are willing to take risks to achieve an optimal work/life ratio. This includes trying a completely new career path. We also have more and more examples of how people have successfully changed paths and found happiness.

For those of us who are in chapters we don’t feel great about, you can always go back to the beginning and choose a new adventure.”

Nicole Smith, Chief Marketing Officer for the WNBA’s Dallas Wings franchise, has worked in several arenas, including for Disney, NASCAR, and the San Diego Padres. At TCU recently, she emphasized a strategy for “initiating change” which defies stasis while seeking challenges and new frontiers for personal growth.

Our notions of what is possible are shaped by how we evaluate progress. “Most people who think negatively about change think of change as something that happens ‘to’ them. I think of change as something that is happening ‘for’ me.

Change is giving me a chance to learn, grow, and possibly improve in some area of life. This adjustment in perspective moves change from something working against me into something propelling me to a better place.”

Brian Kieta met his wife Jennifer in high school, and the two attended TCU together. They, too, have chosen to forge a new chapter in their lives. Brian, a Radio/Television/Film major, has developed his production skills since college.

For the past 17 years, he has led music for a local church; as a matter of fact, it was in the basement of that church where he helped to record the first two Green River Ordinance albums. From there, he continued to help bands find their sound. “It is always a learning process, which informs what I want to do with my own music.”

As better places run, Charlie Blaylock’s plot near Azle ranks high. Two and a half years ago, Blaylock left his job in Biologics Research and Development at Alcon and turned back to the land to establish Shine’s Farmstand. In working towards breakthroughs in macular degeneration and glaucoma research, he says that he “… never imagined a kid like me would get to play with molecules as complex as proteins and antibodies.” When Alcon was purchased in 2010, the cultural environment of the company changed. “Even though it had been years since the original families owned it, it was still run like a family business. Things turned corporate quickly. Once I got a little bit of cancer, though, I realized I had to get my farming time in before I ran out of time.”

Through the years of collaborating with and supporting other artists, Brian has continued writing his own material and tinkering with tunes, awaiting the time and space to develop them more fully into melodies that tie back to his love of simple, understated pop music. It is music like Simon and Garfunkel’s or Nick Drake’s: contemplative tunes that draw listeners in. As he explains, “There’s something in me that’s not able to come out working on other people’s material.”

After considering Nashville, the Kietas will relocate to Southern California, where Brian can work more directly with music supervisors in and around Los Angeles. His five-year plan is to establish sync placements in movies, television shows, and national commercials for the music both he and his 12-year-old daughter make. He gets enthusiastic as he reveals the recent discovery of her songwriting abilities. “She’s taken piano for two years, but the writing and singing she’s kept secret. Took a long time to coax it out of her. We’d never heard her perform, and she’s got an amazing voice. She’s way better than me.”

Charlie’s Texas homesteading roots run deep: his family illegally immigrated into what was then Mexico from Tennessee in 1833; Santa Ana had closed the borders. Following the Battle of San Jacinto, the family began farming in Bastrop. Reconstruction drove them up near Weatherford. In true homesteader fashion, Charlie and his wife Laura were married on their plot of land six months after buying it. A year was needed to build the farm’s infrastructure before he was ready to generate enough produce to sell at the Cowtown Farmers Market.

He continues to experiment with growth rates and seasonal extension methods.

Though his schedule varies by the seasons, his days are spread between his early-morning puttering with the seedlings to dusk when he chases the deer away from his crops.

Naturally, soul searching goes along with such a big decision in midlife, but, as Brian tells it, “We figured we had to try, despite the uncertainty. It’s almost more dangerous not to do it. We refuse to live with regrets.” Moving sometime after the winter school break, the Kietas are excited about living near the beach and the opportunities for Jennifer, a personal trainer. Brian will lead music at a friend’s church in Ojai as they get settled.

“[I] started because I was a foodie and couldn’t find good food. Whether [it was] tomatoes tasted like cardboard or melons had no flavor whatsoever, I had to start growing my own food.” Through the process, Charlie has continued to find new veggies to love; he raves about Japanese turnips and Easter Egg radishes. Besides the spiritually transcendent sunrises, significant benefits are plentiful. “My commute is no longer two hours. Now it’s from the couch past the coffeemaker to the backyard. And it doesn’t offend me at all to catch an afternoon nap.” Charlie Blaylock’s fulfillment is found in the science of soil.

As he says, “A more complete soil makes tastier vegetables.” Those tastier vegetables are now feeding a lot of people, from weekly customers of at the Cowtown Farmers Market to Ellerbe Fine Foods, which proudly feature Shine’s

As Nicole Smith says of her own experiences, “When I found myself in jobs or companies that were not a good fit, it hurt my confidence and overall wellbeing. Thankfully, I had the courage to leave those situations. In some cases, I had a great new place to go, and sometimes I had no idea of what would be next. In either case, I knew I couldn’t stay where I was if I wanted to be the best version of myself. I always look at the worse case scenario of accepting a new opportunity and then compare that to where I am standing at the moment. I ask myself what do I truly have to lose or gain. When the worst that could happen is ending up where I started, I had nothing to lose.”

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by Jocelyn Tatum

A medium-sized green, plastic trashcan sits ziptied to a section of railing on Merrick Street in the Como neighborhood. It reads, “TRASH. Keep Como Clean,” in black Sharpie. On the day I visited, it has a fresh garbage bag inside filled halfway with newlyaccumulated soda cans and napkins. A serene lake and wildlife area surrounded by old homes, some restored and some sagging, lie just beyond the trashcan with its plea.

Quietly tucked in Fort Worth behind the Central Market on Hulen Street and I-30, this section of the historic Arlington Heights neighborhood was developed in the 1890s around the lake, named after the stunning tourist attraction in Italy. Nearly 130 years ago, the Como neighborhood was a tourist attraction, complete with streetcars, a hotel, a boardwalk, and a party pavilion with live shows.

By the 1940s, it had transformed into a thriving African American community. Ignored for decades, there is new attention from the City of Fort Worth, local charities, builders, and investors, and subtle changes in Como are now noticeable. A newlypaved sidewalk circles the lake. And on a recent late fall afternoon, three men with the electric company worked on the new streetlights planned to go all around the park.

After many meetings, workshops, polls, and surveys, the Como Neighborhood Advisory Council (NAC) and the city came up with a plan to revitalize the area with five goals and strategies in mind – development, housing, neighborhood-focused economic development, livability enhancements, and capacity building.

“The NEZ projects [neighborhood empowerment zone] promote the creation or rehabilitation of affordable housing, an increase in economic development, and an increase in the quality of social services, education, or public safety provided to residents of the designated neighborhoods,” the city website reads.

However, this creation and rehabilitation must be done with care. A strong Como community presence dominates the conversation with the city. Residents do not want to see their homes torn down and replaced with top-dollar condos and townhomes, which drive up property taxes. Some leaders in the Como community tell residents to hold on to their homes and don’t sell.

“There is a difference between revitalization and gentrification,” Sanford Sims says over a hot plate of soul food at Drew’s Place.

“Sims” is a marketing consultant who used to work with Fort Worth’s La Vida News: The Black Voice. Living in New York City and Chicago before

relocating to Fort Worth, Sims said he has closely followed the gentrification of African American neighborhoods in his former homes. He is a regular at the restaurant famous for its incomparable soul food on the edge of Como on Horne Street, which acts as an informal community center and gathering place for both Como residents and people outside of Como. Sims said big projects only get done through harmonious interaction. He applauds the community and the City of Fort Worth for working together for the good of the neighborhood.

Restaurant owner A.L. “Drew” Thomas grew up in Como and remembers a time when he could get everything he needed in the neighborhood. It had a dry cleaner, music venues, restaurants, corner stores, and grocery stores. He opened Drew’s Place in 1987 in another neighborhood but moved it to Como nearly ten years later when he noticed businesses disappearing there. He hasn’t seen much traction for new business in Como in those 20-plus years, and he would like to see more businesses come back to Como to make it self-sustaining again. Beautifying and bringing business to Horne Street where Drew’s Place stands is a part of the Como NEZ. Growing up in Como in the 1970s and ‘80s, Terrance Butler has moved back to his old neighborhood to direct Rivertree Academy, a private Christian school serving children and families in Como. He has good memories of playing outside with his cousins and friends around the lake and at his grandmother’s house. His grandmother, Ressie English, is 105 years old and still lives in the community. Rivertree Academy has been open only for three years and already has staggering statistics on its impact in the community. Butler hopes that some of the children at Rivertree become positive agents of change in Como, ending cycles of poverty that are detrimental to the community.

“Como is poised for revitalization,” the city’s newsletter reads. “Numerous vacant lots are suitable for quality affordable and market rate infill housing and new commercial development, and an active and engaged neighborhood association.”

Anything new could mean unwanted change to the neighborhood, and the unknown brings concerns to residents who have so much pride in their community. This is the reason local investors George Chevaillier and Hunter Johnson handle their recently-acquired properties within the community as if they were finely-cut crystal — delicately and sensitively. They purchased two apartment buildings on opposite sides of Lake Como with near full occupancy. Instead of demolishing the buildings, George and Hunter clean up and restore each unit as people move out. Unit by unit, they rip out old carpet and put in new flooring and new kitchens with stainless-steel appliances.

They have replaced sewage lines, roofs, water lines, and repainted the buildings’ exterior and doors. This keeps the housing affordable, so it does not price existing Como residents out of the neighborhood.

“There is a culture and a community here, and we don’t want to wreck that,” George said.

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Late one morning, George and Hunter met a new resident who handed them a check to cover the first two months’ rent on his apartment. The man brought his sister and mother to see the one-bedroom unit.

The new resident stood outside the front door and admired the quiet view of the lake and the stainlesssteel appliances inside. Then the garbage truck pulled up. A pile of old junk removed from a nearby apartment sat by one of the dumpsters. Because the junk pile could not be taken away unless it was in the dumpster, George and Hunter, along with their new tenant, hastily stuffed several old mattresses into the dumpster. As they returned to the apartment, the tenant’s sister pulled antibacterial wipes out of her purse for all three men, and they continued to visit.

On any given afternoon, you can catch George and Hunter landscaping, talking to residents, and planning for the future. George attends the Como NAC meetings to listen to the community’s needs.

Hunter is proud of his feather grass he planted on the grounds. George is proud of his carefullyselected cabinets. They have earned the trust of their neighbors. Their sweat has not gone unnoticed.

“If we are all careful, Como will be like a neighborhood that you want to go out to and [yet] keeps its distinctive voice and flavor,” George said.

Across the street from the thoughtful green trashcan with its black Sharpie plea, local investor Brent Hyder moved a 105-year-old home onto a small bluff overlooking the lake. It originally stood not far from Roy Pope Grocery. He said the home speaks to the typical architecture of the era marking the beginning of Arlington Heights’ story. Brent won Historic Fort Worth’s Residential Rehabilitation Award in 2017 for thoughtfully restoring the Clayton House, also known as Fairview, in Arlington Heights.

He plans to do the same with this old home and hopes to turn it into an intimate museum, complete with the neighborhood’s beginnings and African American history.

While investors dream and the City of Fort Worth plans, across the street from Brent Hyder’s future museum, next to the steps going down to the lake, the trashcan managed by an anonymous resident does its small part to keep Como clean.

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