Are you looking for gift ideas for a birthday, Valentine’s Day or even Mother’s Day? How about joining us on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. for our Kendra Scott Gives Back Party! The party will...

My son, Colton, and his fiancé came home for the holidays. He was carrying his new 23-ounce insulated water bottle from Patagonia that claims “the double-walled bottle insulates hot or cold liquids for an entire day and keeps...

Growing up in San Antonio I have a lot of great memories of fun times with my family. Some of those memories were made watching our favorite basketball team – the San Antonio Spurs! I attended my first game when...

The end of the year is a fitting time to talk about some of the great things that lodges are doing – and not just at Christmas but throughout the year. In my last blog, I wrote about Mission-Alamo&rsquo...

Recently I was visiting in Austin with one of our mortgage brokers and we spoke about our 50-year business careers. We both remember the boom and bust periods from the 60s to the current time. Both of us wished that...

I love Christmas. It’s the most wonderful time when just a sight or smell can bring back a flood of memories. Tradition is the reason - those familiar ties to family and life’s best memories. Tradition is made...

We’ve been holding lodge engagement forums at the Home Office. One of the ideas presented was to attend a couple of successful events hosted by other lodges so that we could learn from those events and share what we...

Today is National Children’s Grief Awareness Day! Each year on the third Thursday in November, which is also the Thursday before Thanksgiving, National Children’s Grief Awareness Day is observed. The holidays are a time when many children need...

When I was camp director one of my responsibilities was selecting the counseling staff. Choosing the best people to care for our children was of the utmost importance. A turning point in that process was when we wondered what would...