Mom

As a stay-at-home-mom, I often get asked if I scramble to get my cleaning done when the kids are sleeping. And honestly, when the girls were babies taking multiple naps each day, that’s exactly what I would do. I’d...

It's been said that "it takes a village" to raise children. I am lucky enough to have said village. At the drop of a hat I would be able to call my parents, my aunt, or my friends for...

As moms, we tend to alternate between two mindsets: wanting our children to grow up and gain independence, and wanting them to stay little and innocent forever. For the last few years, my mindset has been pretty stuck in...

I am not a quitter.  Growing up, I was not allowed to quit anything. If I signed up for something or said I would be there for something, I did it or I was there irrespective of how eagerly I had...

Parents' behavior affects the game and the child. The day after my 12 and 13 year old sons finished their first basketball season, I began a devotional called Growing Kids with Character. Yes, I need all the spiritual help I...

While I’m certainly no expert, as my kids are only 7 and 4, I do think we are moving in the right direction with our girls and how to save money. When I was a kid, my parents basically...

I am a naturally empathetic person. It comes so truly, purely, 100% naturally to me. When I was a young child, my mom and I were eating at Piccadilly, and I became tearful thinking of the middle-aged adults working...

It's yet another Sunday morning of getting the kids out of the house on time without my husband. He's playing music this week and has left the house a good two hours before us.  The icing on the cake is...

I’m not sure if it’s my empathetic nature or the fact that I have lived as a natural-born peacekeeper all of my life - but I have a tendency to “own” feelings that don’t belong to me. As mothers and...

I love to travel, but wherever I go, Lafayette is always home. Because Lafayette holds a special place in my heart, I am driven to help make it a better place. One way I try to make Lafayette a...