Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by LCMC Health Urgent Care.
Mardi Gras is Back: Keeping Your Krewe Safe This Season
It looks like Mardi Gras is back and for us here in The Crescent City and everyone across Louisiana, it...
You may not know this, but as a reader of the New Orleans Moms Blog, you have been on a journey with me. For the past three years, just before my birthday, I have shared with you my personal...
Do you remember your first real job interview? I will never forget mine. It was on Loyola's campus and was with Whitney Bank. I remember feeling so confident as I made the walk from my dorm room to the career...
I’ve always hated running. My adolescence was filled with uncomfortable memories of being forced to run laps during tennis practice or the yearly mile in PE class. I can still feel the burning sensation in my throat, the lead...
The struggle is real. Nine months of growing, growing, growing, and a million changes inside and outside of your body. Then your precious baby arrives and your post-partum path begins.
My son is nine weeks old. He is an amazing...
On Wishing Away Time and Living in the Now
My freshman year of college I fell hopelessly in love. The kind of love where you surrender your virginity recklessly and without looking back and can only spend your days day...
I am the chief medical officer of my house. I am religious about my girls’ health. I have the next check-ups and dentist appointments scheduled before I leave the office. I always have the appropriate medicines stocked, Band-Aids ready...
Whether you stay-at-home, work-from-home, work part-time, full-time to list out the number of hats a mother wears on any given day could make “War and Peace” look like a short story.
Executive chef, personal driver, stylist, dentist, hair dresser, therapist,...
It’s more than likely you’re looking forward to giving 2020 the boot, and 2021 couldn't get here any faster. Not so fast—before the year is over, there’s an opportunity to discover ways to ground yourself amidst uncertainty and change....
Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by West Jefferson Medical Center.
Why women need yearly gynecological exams
As all moms know, life changes dramatically after starting a family, especially when it comes to taking care of yourself. Your needs get...
COVID-19 has led to mental health challenges for many. It has been traumatizing for those who are on the front lines as well as those who have been indirectly exposed.
I can name a million reason why people currently have...
Sooner or later, things have to settle down, right? Each time I ask this question during 2020, the universe answers with, “Actually, no, they don’t. Here’s proof.” Another crisis arrives and adds to the pile of straw on the...
Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Ochsner Children’s Hospital but is an authentic first hand account from a mom, Stephanie Hill, whose child received treatment at Ochsner Health System.
Amelia's Story :: One Family's Commitment To Bring Awareness To...
Visitation Is Limited
These times are scary and the unknown is even scarier. We are being told to practice social distancing, schools have closed, and our friends are working from home. We don't know if or when things will return...