Sarah Jean

These days, the words “tech-free” are almost an oxymoron in our culture. You can pay with your watch at most major stores, you can drop a pin to find a friend in a crowded place...

It happened the other day. A day that started out like any other day. Alarms go off. Breakfast is made. And I begin my morning routine of getting ready for work. Midway through my mascara...

At 25, I became the mother to a beautiful, healthy, perfect baby girl. Feeling the warmth radiate from her body, inhaling that intoxicating new baby smell, coming to grips with the knowledge that somehow...

Whether you stay-at-home, work-from-home, work part-time, full-time to list out the number of hats a mother wears on any given day could make “War and Peace” look like a short story.  Executive chef, personal driver,...

When my oldest was teetering on the brink of being able to sleep through the night but still wanting to be nursed to sleep, I shamelessly catered to the high maintenance demands of my tiny...

I remember the conversation as one of those few vivid, clear moments during the first few weeks of survival post-partum after bringing our firstborn home. Sitting in the pediatrician’s office for our one week checkup,...

A Letter to all the Young Brides At the tender age of 22 and 24, my husband and I pledged to love and cherish each other in good times and bad for a lifetime. Bright-eyed...

I know what you’re thinking, “hold up, isn’t this a mom’s blog?”  But I wanted to take a moment to talk about the sometimes unsung heroes of parenting - good ole dad. Especially what my...

Like most of my fellow New Orleanians, I love a good party. And for my fellow native New Orleanians, we can find just about any reason to have one. Good report card? Nice weather? It’s...

It all began one night a little over a year ago while my little family of four sat amongst other diners at a neighborhood restaurant and I noticed something was off. The usual din of...

As we near the light at the end of the very long tunnel known as 2016, I think we can all admit that we are a little tired.  Tired from presidential elections that never seemed...

Every year as the clock strikes midnight on Halloween, like clockwork (pun intended) my newsfeed begins to fill with posts of gratitude challenges as friends and family from near and far declare to their social...

“I’m going to travel all over the world and take care of old artifacts.”  A young girl, not even a teen, wrote these words a decade and some years ago when asked “Where You See...

I’m currently writing this post while sitting in my bathroom (it’s the only room in my house with a lock on the door, so don’t get grossed out), while my three-year-old and dog sit...