I don't like my mother- in-law.
Really, I don't. After ten years of marriage, a year or so of therapy, and many choice words and tears, I can finally admit it. I don't like my mother-in-law. I am okay with...
If you are looking for things to do with kids in New Orleans, you have come to the right website because New Orleans Mom is the "go to" resource for enjoying New Orleans with kids. However, if you are...
Y’all! Let’s be real. Mother in laws, aka MILs, get a bad rap. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve had a conversation with a friend, coworker, or even a random woman I met while standing in line...
My husband and I haven't slept in our bed together in almost a year. I didn't tell anybody until about 3 or 4 months ago because I was ashamed. In my mind I thought that sleeping apart might make...
This time of year shines light on so many practicing Christians as well as born-again Catholics, to really test their faith and commitment by giving something up for Lent. For 40 days and nights, we Catholics go without to...
My love letter to leaving New Orleans.
For the second time that is.
I grew up in Chalmette and always daydreamed of a life that took me away to a big city with hustle and bustle. I got the chance to...
When discussing Mother's Day recently, my friends and I talked about the pressure we sometimes feel surrounding holidays. One friend remarked that scrolling through social media and seeing the fun gifts and sweet gestures other women's husbands were making...
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A few years ago, I lucked into a small subgroup of a sleep training group on Facebook. The moms there were hilarious...
Picture it, New Orleans, March of 2016... (in my best Sophia Petrillo voice) three of my girlfriends went out to dinner one night. As they sat there eating & chatting, they talked about how we could manage to get...
Mid-Life Mambo
My safe bubble of childhood burst when I was seven years old. My dad left my mom, my sister and me for another woman. I didn’t know that he left us for “her” when I was seven –...
"Oh you'll be a great doctor's wife" an older coworker told me the morning I returned to work after my engagement the night before. It seemed an odd way to offer congratulations.
Whatever I thought it might have meant to...
Growing up, I only had my grandmother. Sadly, my father‘s parents passed away before I was born, and my mother‘s father passed away when I was four years old. I have very fond memories of my grandmother but always...
My Brother is a Sexual Predator
I always knew there was something different about my brother. He was over a decade my senior but always seemed more immature than me. I had a job from a young age, while years...
I had to have my soon-to-be-ex committed. (It is still so hard to say.) I did it because, despite all of the negative feelings I have towards him, he is the father of my child. I also felt this...