Lauren Curet
Lauren, a Shreveport, Louisiana native, moved south in the summer of 2010 to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In the fall of 2011, she laid eyes on Ross Curet, her now husband of 4 years. It was the closest possible scenario of "love at first sight". Lauren is a stay-at-home mom of their two children - Maddox, 2 years old, and Regan Evangeline, born in May of 2019. Building a family and home with her husband is her greatest joy and accomplishment! When she isn’t changing diapers, you can find Lauren shopping BST pages, traveling all over Louisiana to visit family, out and about in the stores of Lafayette (carrying a toddler on her hip and an infant in her arms), or in the CC's Coffee drive-thru. Extra shots of espresso, please!
Happily Married Single Mom
If you live a life married to a man that works away, you completely understand how “happily married single mom” is not an oxymoron.
You can be both! I’m both in love with my...
I Won’t Be Liked By Everyone
I won’t be liked by everyone.
Isn’t that obvious? It’s impossible for everyone in the world to like you all of the time. Even though that’s logical, known, and a lesson we teach our kids...
Dear “Infertile” Friend, It’s Your Turn Now
A few months ago, I wrote an article about the physical and mental hardships my friend was going through as she was fighting infertility. I was watching from the outside, from miles and hours...
An Honor to Lose My Cool
I used to be a cool girl.
I don’t say that to be boastful, I say it in a bittersweet, longing, past-tense sense.
From an early age (around 14 through college), I worked in...
Hurricane Laura Heroes
Hurricane Laura affected us all - from Lake Charles to Lafayette, all towns between, around, and above. It shattered glass, flattened buildings, flooded our grounds.
It shook us, it scared us, it scarred us.
But...
From Co-Sleeping to Crib
Before I was a parent, I was never going to co-sleep. How could you? How dangerous. How irresponsible.
Fast forward to baby #2, and she’s either slept on me or been rocked to sleep and...
Please Be My Sweatpants Friend
Have you seen the popular Facebook post that’s been circulating about “sweatpants friends”? They’re the friends that see you undone in every way. The raw, real, messy you...and they love you anyway.
I would...
A Mom’s “Me-Time” Prayer
Bedtime is usually a fight with my toddler, and our youngest “soothes” by breastfeeding. Bedtime is always what I’m watching the clock for, but it’s also our biggest “fight” of the day.
On a...
Christmas in July
It’s hot as Hades here in south Louisiana. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that. There’s not a soul that doesn’t know it as soon as a door opens and the temperature...
Inner Struggle with Outer Appearance
Let’s talk body image - mom edition.
More specifically and in my case? Stay-at-home-mom edition.
I struggle on a daily basis with my appearance. Not only has being a mom changed my body, the way...