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...
If you've tuned into WWL in recent years, you've seen Sheba Turk, vibrant and smiling bright and early when most of us are barely on our first cup of coffee. As a frequent guest on the morning show, I've...
How It Began
It started as a child. I would ask for no butter because I didn't want the added calories. As a teenager, I thought being vegetarian would help keep me thin. The problem was that I didn't like...
Hey mama! I'm talking to you. Yes, you. The mom who is always running late, skips showers more often than she’d like to admit, hasn’t asked for the much deserved raise, didn’t graduate college, yells at her kids too...
You are so close and yet so far. We live in the same city, just a couple of miles away, and you lost everything while I still have a roof over my head. My heart aches for you who lost...
If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say...
Your mama probably did always tell you, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all!” We all know it. But sometimes we forget and a little too...
"You can't pour from an empty cup."
All mommas have heard this phrase at some point during their mothering journey. It's a call for self care. It's meant to help us reflect on things that rejuvenate, restore, and refresh. But...
Growing up in New Orleans our education system has always come under criticism for it's less than stellar record of student performance, funding and lack of diversity, innovation and administrative oversight.
Enter Hurricane Katrina.
Although this mighty storm and its subsequent...
Media Overload
Every election season I get truly overwhelmed at the seemingly constant barrage of political arguments from both social media and mainstream media. Being the fight or flight person that leans very much to flight, around September, I usually...