September 2013 • Editor’s POV

The start of a new school year marks the beginning of a new season as surely as January 1st marks the beginning of a new year. And, as with the new year, it typically takes some time to get back into the routine: early mornings, hectic schedules, stuffing backpacks and making essential purchases for the...

August 2013 • Editor’s POV

Ready or not, here it comes:  the beginning of the school year. It seems like the summer flew by, and for many of us, we are trying to get in our last family outing before the bell rings and school is in session. While the Houston area no longer boasts a world class amusement park, a short drive to San...

July 2013 • Editor’s POV

Now that it’s officially summer, we can all take a collective sigh of relief. The hectic school and sports schedules are over, the days are longer, life just slows down a bit. While many of us look forward to the lazy, hazy days of summer, in our cover story, we share with our readers some...

June 2013 • Editor’s POV

Editor-in-Chief,  Patti Parish-Kaminski – As I get older, time passes much more quickly. My Mawmaw always told me that old adage growing up when, as a child, it seemed like the school year was an eternity and literally decades would pass before Christmas came around. Now, as an adult, I get it. It...

May 2013 • Editor’s POV

Some sixteen years ago, May became one of my favorite months of the year.  I had never given much thought to the month of May, other than to be certain that I sent my mother and grandmothers cards.  But, that first May when I had six-month-old Kassidi, and she and her Daddy made my first Mother’s Day...

April 2013 • Editor’s POV

April means that spring showers will bring us May flowers, and it is typically – if the weather cooperates – the official beginning of spring. But the month of April means much more than that to many parents and children in our community. April is World Autism Awareness Month, and while many of us might...

March 2013 • Editor’s POV

It’s March and in the greater Houston area, that means it’s time to rodeo! While Fort Bend has already kicked off the rodeo season last fall, rodeo is top of mind with many this month because of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™. So, what better time to bring you a story of a hometown girl who will...

Febuary 2013 • Editor’s POV

Now that we are one month into 2013 and despite the fact that we fell of the fiscal cliff, our optimism shines bright in Brazos. There’s so much our community has to look forward to in the coming year, and absolutely! Brazos is so excited to be a part of all that is going on in the West Bend. Speaking of...

January 2013 • Editor’s POV

New year, new you, new community magazine!  This January brings our second issue of absolutely! Brazos Magazine, and for us, it’s absolutely a Happy New Year!  Our Brazos team is out and about as you will see in the pages of this issue covering the people, places and happenings of West Fort Bend, and we...

December-2012 • Editor’s POV

The launch of absolutely! Brazos opens a brand new chapter in the history of the Focus family of magazines, and I, for one, am very excited.  Over the past eight years, absolutely! focus media has grown from producing a single community magazine, Fort Bend Focus, to five magazines all highlighting the...