I have no problem being alone. I enjoy solitude; I like space. At times, I downright crave it. But anyone who has spent five minutes as a mother has seen that "me time" is no longer a given.
I actually...
When I was a working mom, I was green with envy when I would log on to Facebook and see my stay at home mom friends having such a good time with their child on a random day at...
Growing up, my dad was the stay-at-home parent. With a significant age difference between my parents, he was on the downhill of his career and my mom was on the uphill. He happily and graciously supported my mom’s progressing...
Overflowing Plate
My life is crazy. Honestly though, it's a self-inflicted kind of crazy. I have four children, a full-time job, a part-time job, and own a growing coffee business. I'm pretty sure I've spent the last 15 years practicing...
Times now are pretty tough.
It has been a pretty exhausting year, and I can tell that majority of the people’s patience is treading on very thin ice. I know for me, some days I’ve completely shut down but I...
This summer my family drove from southeast Louisiana to northern California and back. By most accounts, we shouldn’t have gone. I was 7 months pregnant and trying to keep up with a 3 year old. I hadn’t received a...
When I was a teenager, I took a job as a busgirl at an upscale restaurant and worked there for a few years during college. Each individual dish was heavy and a different shape and the hundreds of nightly trips...
Guilt is a useless punishing emotion. It lurks deep in your heart or sometimes relentlessly in the front of your mind. You may cry, get angry, grind your teeth, or toss and turn at night. Parents who lament over...
Being a working mom is an eternal evaluation of balance and presence of mind. Recently, as I was discussing the rapidly approaching tax season ahead of us with a colleague, she asked me a really challenging question. "At the...
I am a sham, a disappointment. I am ashamed to write this post … but then I realized I need to keep it real.
Last October, I wrote this post, celebrating my 5 years Weight Watchers Lifetime Anniversary. Then, in January,...
Bachelor (of Arts) Party
I graduated from Loyola in 2010 and I absolutely loved it. I had the full college experience. I made lifelong friends. I spent my fair share of nights at F&Ms and still managed to graduate summa...
Monday morning school drop-off: I turn down a narrow, heavily trafficked Uptown street
pockmarked with construction, searching for a spot to pull over to deposit my son at middle school. The only spot available is wedged between a driveway and...
We have all been there, we have the cute baby bump, we’re glowing yet emotional but when it comes to getting dressed, NOTHING FITS!!
Do I have to get dressed?
During my third trimester, it was mid-summer last year and it...
We are thrilled to introduce our community to nine 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 know...