Thanks to the cooking skills she learned from her grandmother, Emma “Big Mama” Monk, Kim has turned "lemons into lemon pies" and caters home cooked fare throughout the DFW area.  Read the Richardson Living article about Kim!

Back to school season is a time for new beginnings. After a few months of fun and sun, most children are excited to catch up with old friends and meet new teachers. The new school year is a time of hope and optimism, complete with a renewed dedication to schoolwork and the notion that things will be even better this year. And then the second week of school starts and old routines set in. But what if the excitement of a fresh start and the commitment to a great year could extend beyond the first few weeks of the school? Good habits are the key to prolonged success. Here are a few suggestions to make sure that "first day of school" enthusiasm lasts all year long:

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When Dana Oliver adopted her daughter while working as a financial advisor, she quickly learned that trying to be a mother in an inflexible corporate world was going to be a challenge. Finding good child care also proved difficult: Reliable baby sitters weren't easy to find, and most child-care centers closed by early evening. When Oliver began researching existing centers, she found that many were of substandard quality and poorly staffed, leaving parents with few options. "I thought, ‘There [must] be so many people in this situation,'" says Oliver, 44.