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...
Decision Fatigue: My Hardest Mom Life Problem
Working from home has been the answer to so much of what I was unhappy about in my life. I no longer feel as if I’m missing too much of my kids. I...
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If you’re like most young moms, you have an OB/GYN who you would follow to the moon and back. He or she delivered your baby and has seen you at your...
I fell in love with you
... when I saw you in the student union. Long hair, tall and you didn't speak to me.
... when we went out to the local bar (the Caterie) to see our favorite local band...
Help! I can't get anything done!
I need help. Let me lay it out here: I don't know what happens to my days, but I just can't seem to get organized. I feel overwhelmed most of the time. What am I...
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Five Awesome Podcasts Hosted by Women
Podcasts are my favorite way to multi-task! If I'm tidying up the house, commuting long distances, or doing a mindless task at work, I pop on my headphones and listen to the incredible free...
“When I grow up, I want to be a mom. I want to carpool kids to soccer and make lunches and be THE Room Parent.”
This, seriously, was what I always wanted when I was growing up – especially the...
The other day I was grabbing a quick iced coffee at a local coffee shop when I happened to - unintentionally, I might add - overhear a judgmental conversation. There was one table against the wall that admittedly was...
Find Support for Childhood Cancer at Angels' Place
One of my best friends, my best man in my upcoming wedding, had his dad diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. I saw my friend’s life turn upside down as he became the...
Most pregnant women are pretty vocal about not wanting their bellies touched. I know this all to well because not too long ago, I was one of them. I mean, you don't touch random stranger's bellies, so why on earth...
“What a BIG boy!” is what we constantly say to our young boys, right? But what happens when your son is the complete opposite of big? More like, tiny? I’m not just talking petite but rather clinically diagnosed as...
As I sat through four parades today, watching what seemed like the endless procession of scantily clad, fully grown women headed down St. Charles Avenue, I thought to myself, where are these women’s daughters?
Where are the mortified girls asking...
Sometimes when I read articles about Mardi Gras and see friends posting pictures from every.single.parade, I feel like such a Mardi Gras dud. I am not a ride or die Mardi Gras New Orleanian. Don't get me wrong, growing up...