Survivor’s guilt is real. If you’ve been following my story on Northshore Parent, then you know that I was diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ in November. I’ve traveled a long road since then – appointments, tests, needles – all leading to a February mastectomy with reconstruction with tissue from…
Summer is officially here and a lot of us are thinking about a summer vacation. After hearing of last minute reservation cancellations in Florida for Memorial Day weekend I really started to think about what a beach vacation looks like in a pandemic. I understand that we are not all…
The winners are here! Congratulations to the 2020 winners of Parents Prefer! Best Pediatrician in West St. Tammany Leblanc Pediatrics Best Pediatrician East St. Tammany Dr. Cherie Oeterling Best Pediatrician in Tangipahoa Parish Dr. Laura Drake Best Allergist in West St Tammany Dr. Jason Guillot Best Allergist in East St….
The amount of sleep, mental energy, and anxiety I have given up to worrying about my kids’ education since the schools closed on March 16 could easily fill a dumpster. My thoughts have constantly slalomed between “everyone else is in the same boat” to “OMG they are not going to…
As we all know, this has been a rough time for MANY of our local businesses. The restaurant industry in particular took a very hard hit having to pivot from dining in to take out and then back to a very limited type of dining in (some couldn’t make this…
The 2020 Atlantic tropical storm names have been released and there are some interesting names on the list this year. Some are so interesting they were even thought provoking. This got us discussing, “What if these storms had personalities?” After a lot of laughter, we finally decided that this is…
It feels like we’re on March 400th but it’s actually mid-May which means it’s food allergy awareness week. I’m a quasi-retired food allergy parent. My child has completed oral immunotherapy so she is desensitized to her allergen, and we no longer live many of the allergy life realities that we…
It has taken me many attempts to write this article. The first attempt started with the story of the little girl and the starfish. The one where she picks them up one by one and tosses them into the ocean. A man stops to tell her that it will take…
Currently a lot of things are still closed. One thing that isn’t closed, however, is City Park and their beautiful wildflowers display is in full bloom right now. With a little preparation this can be a very fun activity for the family. Every year the horticulture department plants around six…
After having my twins in 2011 I didn’t go on vacation for about a seven years. Twins were a handful, I had another baby, my husband was working very hard at his company. . . it all added and up and suddenly it had been seven years. So when my…