Guide to Lafayette

May brings with it heat, sprinklers, swimsuits and all those flowers following April showers. It's also Better Speech and Hearing Month. As a speech-language pathologist, it's my time to shine, lol. During my practice, I specialized in pediatric speech and language disorders, and...

Disclosure :: This post is sponsored by Ascension Episcopal School. Let Summer at Ascension Save the Day While the kids are counting down the days until summer with outlandish excitement, you might find your level of anxiety slowly creeping up to...

Festival International is upon us, and I know we’re all looking forward to having a great time. This event is one of our most anticipated weekends of the year here. It’s a fun and relaxing weekend good for the...

Dear Coffee, There was a time in my life that I didn't know you. I didn't appreciate your goodness, your complexity, and the joy you'd someday bring to me. For that, I am sorry. I hope this letter will make...

Getting through the week can be rough. Here are some daily hacks to help us moms get by in Acadiana. Monday Most moms have at least one day of the week that entail toting around tots to extracurricular activities. Monday is...

Like my oldest child, I grew up with Sensory Processing Disorder. While I have adjusted and adapted with age, I still have an immediate spike in anxiety when I hear loud noises, overlapping noises or when I am “touched...

Blame it on the fact that I'm not Cajun, but Mardi Gras doesn't excite me like it does the locals.  You see, where I grew up it simply meant King Cake from Wal-Mart and one single solitary parade.  So all this...

Let me preface this by saying I LOVE VALENTINE'S DAY. Yes, I know it's totally cheeseball, sap city, hearts and fluffies and la-de-dah. Yes, I know it's a fake holiday created a hundred years ago to drive card sales during a...

Laissez les bon temps rouler! A Cajun expression often heard in these parts, meaning "Let the good times roll!" conveys the "joie de vivre" ("joy of living") of the good people of Lafayette. Now that's about all of the French...

Parenting is hard most days, but it is especially difficult when you are trying to recover after a night (or day) out on the town. There are so many amazing Mardi Gras festivities scheduled over the next few weeks, not...