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When Lucy Ricketts saw a job posting for an Empowerment Support Specialist position at In My Shoes, she was so overjoyed she nearly dropped her phone. She texted her best friend in a state of nervous excitement and applied to the position within the next fifteen minutes. Her prayer had been answered by the God…

New Contact Number for Expectant Mothers  In My Shoes now has a new intake line number! If you are pregnant, homeless, and in need of shelter and support, please call us at 945-239-3496. We switched to a new contact number so that our new case manager could more thoroughly run the intake process. The entire…

Now Hiring for our Community Development Manager position! At In My Shoes, through our Core Values of Hospitality, Faith + Works, Empowerment, Wholeness, and Authenticity, we provide a safe, welcoming community for women who are pregnant and homeless or at risk of homelessness. We have become a leading organization in this space in DFW. The…

In 2019, when Lauren Mattox saw a post by a new wave feminist about a maternity home called In My Shoes, her interest was immediately sparked. She said there was something about it, that it was “unique and more holistic” than other programs she’d encountered, and from there her research began. The more she found…

In My Shoes is looking to fill live-in House Coverage & Community Assistants for the Summer. House Coverage and Community Assistants provide opportunities for emotional support to the residents of In My Shoes. They also assist in helping manage daily operations of the house which may include but is not limited to taking on some…

Some people see their half-century birthday as their first tentative steps into the golden years. Many take pause and reflect on the last 50 years of their life. Others run frantically to the plastic surgeon trying to escape the inevitable effects of life on their body. It truly is a meaningful time in one’s life;…

In Bridges Out of Poverty, Dr. Ruby Payne outlines nine key resources that those in poverty often go without. Contrary to popular opinion, these go far beyond finances. They include financial resources, sure. Equally important, however, are the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical resources, as well as support systems, healthy relationships, knowledge of hidden rules,…

In My Shoes celebrated Halloween in a big way this year. Our backyard was transformed into a spooky graveyard with ghosts and a giant spider. Moms invited family and alumni moms from the program and two volunteers that worked with the moms to make the event special.  The idea for the party came from the…

If you would’ve told me I was going to be the House Manager during a pandemic while we were simultaneously trying to become fully staffed and hit our max resident number while also being in grad school… I don’t know what I would’ve said in reply. We often believe the perfect plan for our lives…

As we celebrate three years of operating this month, think about this for a second: The first baby that came to In My Shoes when we opened on September 19, 2017 is now 3 years old. It’s incredible. I talk about the following story a lot, still. Before we officially opened, we conducted an intake…

One night in December, a pregnant woman arrived at the doors of a homeless shelter. With her few belongings in hand, she asked for a bed for the night. What the staff said next brought tears to the desperate mother’s eyes: “I’m sorry, we cannot take pregnant mothers… it’s a liability risk.” It was back…

It’s so hard to believe that we’ve been providing a safe place for women to journey through pregnancy for one year! It feels like yesterday and a decade ago all at the same time. Considering it was almost a year and a half ago since we posted our last blog post, I am excited to…

This past weekend marked the fifth anniversary of spoken words that changed my life forever. For most people, life changing words usually sound like “Will you marry me?” or “It’s a girl!” But for me, it was, “Hey guys, let’s move to Dallas and start a maternity home there.” Five of us were brunching that…