My family, minus the husbands, went on a weekend getaway (we like to call these little trips together "Forced Family Fun") to Toledo Bend this past weekend. We knew we would be having some cold weather and a "chance"...
One of the latest displays of systemic racism (institutional racism) in Acadiana was not only overt but was shameless and loud. It was a stark reminder that not only does racism exist, but it also persists even after death....
The most-watched TED talk ever recorded is “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” In this talk, speaker Sir Ken Robinson explains how the current school structure strives to educate children in a very narrow way, focusing, for example on mathematics and...
Lafayette Be the Change Spotlight :: The Family Tree
This month for our “Be the Change Spotlight,” we’d like to introduce you to The Family Tree Information, Education and Counseling Center, an organization whose mission is to improve the quality...
While I am not one to share political opinions on social media despite my interest in current events, I’ve always been enthusiastic about encouraging everyone I know to vote. I’m sure it is attributed to my own upbringing, one...
I have been a Lafayette Public Library cardholder for as long as I can remember. My grandmother would take my sister and I to the library to read, listen to books on cassette tape (y’all remember those?), and cash...
My son is an avid outdoorsman: he refuses to come inside.
He never relents from the heat and humidity, the bugs don’t bother him, and the more dirt to get in his clothes and under his fingernails the better....
I think that one of the good things that has come from the Coronavirus is the growing popularity of the family meal to-go.
Even before the Coronavirus, I had been looking for meals that I could pick up to eat...
There are so many things that we’d love to move past from this Corona saga, but let’s take a sec to recognize something we’d love to keep after the phases: curbside pickup!
As a single mom of four young...
Mother's Day Gift Guide 2020
You may have seen the news circulating recently to all dads that your kids will not be bringing home homemade gifts from school for Mother's Day this year and that you have XX number of...
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Lafayette’s Newest All Inclusive Playground Is Located Downtown!
Lafayette is anticipating a new all inclusive playground!
This new playground is located in Downtown Lafayette's Parc Sans Souci in the area between the stage...
