For the past 13 years, I have called Baton Rouge home. I started at LSU in the fall of 2000. I got my degree here, found my purpose, and even found my husband here. Born and raised in New Orleans, it was not such a far stretch to move to the capital city. I […]
Today after Zumba class, I acknowledged my repeated absences to my instructor, Erin. “I’ve got to get my life back on track,” I said, referring to the fact that everything got turned upside down during our recent move and I basically became unable to do anything except water and feed the people around me. As
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Be more AWARE. Sounds simple doesn’t it? You don’t want to be at the wrong place at the wrong time but if you are you owe it to yourself to be better prepared. Statistics show that one in four women will be attacked during her lifetime. Women who resist effectively are twice as likely to
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Baton Rouge Moms was founded with the sole purpose of supporting and encouraging mothers in the Baton Rouge area. Motherhood can be exhilarating, exhausting, rewarding – and sometimes lonely. Our goal is to give you, moms, the support you need to be the best moms you can be – and to encourage you to, in
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cThe fresh start of spring, the warm whether, new blooms and singing birds naturally get us in the mood to clean, right? Spring cleaning is ignored by some but practiced by many. It’s an old tradition that many of our grandmothers passed down to our mothers. Spring cleaning can be traced to the ancient Jewish
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Today’s giveaway and post is sponsored by Marcella’s Chic Thirty-One Boutigue. Thirty-One Gifts offers functional totes, storage, purses, thermals and other organizational items for every day life! Moms often spend a good amount of time in the car, between shuttling kids around, eating on the run, shopping, running errands or commuting to work, our cars become
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Coming from one of those “I lost half my size” stories I can tell you the story doesn’t end there. It can feel like it is never ending from the comfort foods we have here in South Louisiana (beignets and gumbo anyone?) to the holidays that seem to be focused around food (king-cake and chocolate bunnies).
I’m sure man of you are familiar with the Dr. Seuss, Cat in the Hat books and how they made reading a little more fun and enjoyable. Now, as parents, we read and re-read the Dr. Seuss books to our own children all over again. Dr. Seuss would have been 110 today. He gave us
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Today has been declared Shine A Light On Slavery Day by the folks at the End It Movement. Millions of people all over the world have fallen victim to modern-day slavery. Sadly, it’s happening right here in Baton Rouge, in our own backyard. Baton Rouge ranks in the top 10 cities in the nation for
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I don’t know about you, but I am a big mess when it comes to organization. Most days, I don’t know what the date is, much less what I need to accomplish on that day. I wake up, get everyone ready for school and out the door and then I begin trying to check
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It’s nearly impossible to think romantically with Veggie Tales blaring in the background. I know this because I want to talk to you about romance after kids, but I am having a hard time focusing because I used to be romantic with my husband, we have small children as a result, and now neither
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