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Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by the Junior League of New Orleans. Making Memories at Touch a Truck We all have vivid memories of the few times our child gasped with excitement, right? I remember the first time I took...
Well, what do you know? Just like that another year has flown by, and it's already time to make another New Year's Resolution, or is it? Do you and your family follow the tradition of setting new goals for...
I love the holidays! The only thing I ever truly don’t look forward to about the holidays is the inevitable after dinner questioning by my relatives about why my husband, Clay, and I haven’t had a baby. The fact...
As many of you may know by now, the New Orleans Moms Blog is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 2 to benefit the March of Dimes. We are so excited for this fun event and chance...
As the holidays grow nearer we all begin to take notice of our many blessings. This year on Facebook, I've been happy to see all the treasures and sentiments that my friends are thankful for, namely family, friends and...
Every day, Monica goes out of her way to drive past the same empty lot on her way home from work. Even when she’s tired from a long shift at the restaurant, and even though it doesn’t look like...
Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by CHNOLA. LAST CHANCE :: Want to see Taylor Swift in concert? Children’s Hospital New Orleans is raffling Eras Tour tickets to help patients like ‘Extraordinary Emmett’ When Joycelyn and Dylan Richards noticed their...
Disclosure :: Our Third Halloween Event was sponsored by Lakeside Shopping Center, Bryan Subaru, Bambino Sitters and St. Martin's Episcopal School. The title sponsors answered all of our emails and calls quickly and with grace and met with us...

The Gift of Giving

Although I am absolutely grateful for the gifts my loved ones bestow upon me during the holidays, I have to admit that the sense of fulfillment comes not from being the recipient but rather the giver. As such, it...
My name is Teresa Diggs. I’m a wife and a mother to the most precious 2 year old little girl named Sophia. Today, I’m asking for your help to find my life saving miracle. Eighteen years ago, I began a journey...
“We think it's cancer,” is probably one of the worst things a mother can hear about her child. That nightmare became a reality for one local mom, my sister-in-law, Iris Orlando, on April 13, 2007. Her five year old,...
This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight” we'd like to introduce you to NOLA Baby Café, an organization committed to their mission to inspire, educate and support women and their families on their journey to a healthier life...
This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight” we’d like to introduce you to Project Butterfly New Orleans, an African-centered rites of passage program that provides mentoring and culturally-rooted programming to prepare girls of African descent for their transition...
Congenital heart defects are alarmingly common. I know this all too well as my first child was born with a Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), essentially a hole in his heart, that required open heart surgery when he was three months...