Lafayette Mom

Oh, the Places I Would Go :: Traveling Through my Son’s Teleporter My 7 year old son wants to be “some kind of a scientist that builds things” when he grows up. He often drafts his own blueprints then attempts...

Halloween with a Big Kid {When They Outgrow Trick-or-Treating} I am that mom. You know the mom. The mom that does ridiculous things to her kids all for the sake of a picture. I'm not even ashamed of it. In fact,...

During high school, I couldn't wait to get out of Acadiana. I lived in a small town in a fairly large family, and I yearned for freedom and space and independence. So I went to college in the “very far...

I barely make it before the 5:30 pm deadline to pick up my son from after school care. He appears to be having fun, playing with friends. We get in the car and after brief conversation, he says "is tomorrow another after school...

Disclosure :: this post is sponsored by Southern Sleep Consulting; however, as always, all opinions stated below are our own.  As I write this, I am watching a baby on a monitor asleep in his crib. Nap times haven’t been easy...

As my husband and I were sitting at our church’s recent marriage conference, our youth pastor said, “The biggest thing I have to remember everyday is what I’m okay with failing at on a given day.” An audible...

The season of Halloween is approaching with its dreaded Halloween candy in tow. These sugary treats are in stores everywhere and set to arrive in our homes on Tuesday, October 31st. I have heard moms discussing how their children’s...

Are you loving where you are in life?  So, that’s a trick question, I know. But it’s a question that forces us to look at ourselves closely. As moms, we often take care of ourselves last, if at all,...

If your baby’s first picture looks like this, you may have had some trouble getting to that point. And you may have dreaded the seemingly innocent question so many people ask. “So when are you going to have a...

If you follow me at all or have read a single sentence that I have written in the last seven months, then you know that my husband and I lost our son, Theodore, in February 2017. We suffered with...