It's NOT About the Creepy Girl :: Lessons From the Momo Hysteria
By now, we've all seen the creepy, bug-eyed girl with the long black hair jumping through our screens. These posts are shared by well-intentioned parents, caregivers, grandmas and...
I will admit that I feed my girls drive-thru easily once a week. Dry cereal in a Mardi Gras cup for breakfast? Check. We are go-go-go. That is likely no surprise for any busy mom. I'm living out the...
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...
You’re filling out mundane paperwork for a new doctor for your 4 year old. The next question: Where does the child primarily reside? And I check off two boxes, mother AND father. I scribble in the numbers 50/50. But...
I cannot tell you the exact point in time when it happened; when I decided I was done with my marriage. I almost lasted 18 years with my husband, and then one day, I decided I could no longer...
Mother’s Day is a day to celebrate being a mom and to thank our own moms for being amazing.
It’s a beautiful time. Everyone wears their pretty outfits, goes out to eat, and some get to relax by not doing...
Making Career Decisions Around Life Seasons :: How to Reenter the Workforce
I am 39 years old and several years "behind" in my career. I say this because had I worked straight through, in the trajectory I was on, I...
This Christmas will be the first Christmas I will be waking up alone. Even when we were separated, I stayed the night on the couch at my children’s father's home during the holidays. It was our original home and...
We are thrilled to introduce our community to eleven new members of the New Orleans Moms Blog team. Each one is a dynamic, warm and inspiring New Orleans mom, and we can’t wait for you all to get to...
There is a whole different behind-the-scenes world that is unique to the mom who does not have a partner in the home, in my case the divorced mom. Individually, these moments are meaningless. Collectively, my experiences are vastly different...
Bumbles, Selfies, and Ghosting Oh MY!
Dating apps for the single mom are a new and different reality in and of themselves. The purpose of this particular post is to understand the norms and best practices to navigate dating apps....
6 million views later, I realized co-parenting was clearly still worth discussing. My Ex-Husband Michael agreed to my request that we should do a short video on our life as Co-Parents, but we didn’t plan it out. It was...
Let there be peace in my home, and let it begin with me.
My children feed off my energy the same way algae hungrily thrives off sunlight. The source of a peaceful home ends and begins with me.
It doesn't matter...
So your friend is getting a divorce, and you're not sure how you feel about it. You may believe she could be handling it better, that you would have done X. You might be a child of a difficult...