Do you know how much college will cost in 18 years? The answer may be hard to fathom. For those of us who have attended college, we probably have a hard time remembering exactly how much it cost. In...
It is a Tuesday evening, and I am seated in an auditorium surrounded by women I admire from afar for their absolute commitment and dedication to our community. All around me are ladies who generously share their time and talents with the members of...
Here, at New Orleans Mom, our team has been busy learning about the effects of systematic racism and white privilege. We participated in #sharethemicnow to lift up voices of moms of color in our local community. We've been supporting...
What is Delivering Hope NOLA?
I am a fellow preemie mom of an NICU graduate who knows first hand all of the struggles and heartaches parents go through during their child’s NICU journey. Delivering Hope NOLA is a non-profit created...
Dear UP Entertainment Network,
Your latest marketing ploy aimed at showing us the spirit of giving seems to have worked on the masses, but the emotional manipulation tactics left me uneasy.
Your video, which shows you giving underprivileged children the option...
Disclosure :: The Louisiana Children's Museum is truly one of our favorite sponsors. Our team loves to take our children to play there and we even celebrated the blog's first birthday there. We are honored to share more about the 16th...
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...
I am a survivor
Twenty-seven years ago, my life almost ended before it had even begun. My lungs were underdeveloped and my liver wasn’t working; my tiny body was not yet ready to function on its own. I was born...
Premature birth is THE number 1 killer of newborns, and half a million babies are born too soon in the United States each year. The March of Dimes mission is to ensure more babies are born are healthy by...
The Promise Walk for Preeclampsia
We are the faces of Preeclampsia, a disorder of pregnancy that takes the lives of 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies every single year. We are both beyond lucky to be here today.
My Story
August...
"But I wore that to my daughter’s kindergarten graduation. No way can I get rid of it. She’s graduating high school now."
This, my friend, is called an emotional attachment.
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
In 2015, I came across a...
Another day of scrolling through Facebook when I should probably be doing something else. It’s another day and the same sad, horrible story comes up in my feed. While it isn’t the exact same story, it is the same...
There are a pair of empty shoes in Dallas, TX. I imagine they are sitting in a dark closet or box somewhere with, perhaps, the smallest of lights shining through a window, shining through a crease in the closet...
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From NOLA to Houston, With Love
We're just a few days shy of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and our TVs and social media feeds are again full...