News & Current Events

My family recently joined Costco. I know, I know. We're a little late jumping on that bandwagon. On a recent shopping trip, both kids were pretty good in the store so we stopped to have a cheap, satisfying pizza dinner before we left. We sat at one of the tables in full view of Costco customers checking out and making their way to the door with their bulk of treasures. Because our city is really just a small town, of the few times we've been in that store, 100% of the visits we've run into someone we know. One of my husband's parent's friends stopped by to say hello. After my husband and I exchanged niceties with her, she then...

As the editor of this blog that is committed to serving all moms who call the Red Stick home, I am constantly dreaming up topics that could benefit our audience. I’m writing lines in my head as I shower, typing a quick note on my phone with one hand while holding the baby with the other, bouncing ideas off our team … you get the idea. I have always loved to write; it is one of the joys of my life. And since being gifted with the privilege of becoming a mother, a job so sacred for which I have much passion, writing about all things mom has been perhaps the most gratifying assignment I’ve had to date. But I have to...

To the Daddy who forgot his baby in his car ... I'm not here to judge you. I'm not here to bring you down any further than you already are at this point. As a mom, I know how easily it is to forget things. I am a mother, I was born with a maternal instinct and I too know that mistakes can be made. I have found myself too often with a car full of kids, an infant too quiet to be noticed and thought for a split second that I may have left him at home. Just to realize he is in his car seat sleeping so peacefully that I too didn't even realize it. I am also a wife. A...

Disclosure :: Red Stick Moms Blog seeks to honor the voices of all moms living in Louisiana. We understand and respect that this is controversial topic, but we ask that you read Katie's journey to seek understanding and - should you desire to weigh in - that you engage respectfully. I’m an unlikely medical marijuana supporter. I’m a wife to a law enforcement officer. I’m a mom to three beautiful boys. I’m a teacher. I’m a devout Catholic. I’m all the things you wouldn’t expect of person advocating for the legalization of medical marijuana here in this very conservative state of Louisiana. I am advocating for medical marijuana for my nine year old son. My son Connor is a joyful child with the biggest...

Child abuse never entered my mind until I stumbled into the Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana office in 2002 trying to complete a project for my class at LSU. Flash forward 14 years, and I can’t imagine spending a day NOT thinking about it. The victims last year in Louisiana alone could fill 530 elementary school classrooms. And 39 Louisiana children lost their lives to abuse and neglect last year. I can’t get the image of those 39 empty desks out of my mind. Can you imagine our outrage and action if we were losing 39 children a year to an illness or to a ride at an amusement park? The good news is that child abuse and neglect is 100%...