By Reagan Henderson
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May 1st, 2018
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Getting Your Children to Step Out of Their Comfort Zone article by Cindy Gist Foust Season’s Greetings BayouLife community, because that’s what it feels like outside…Christmas. If April showers bring May flowers, what do April avalanches bring? Good grief! The entire BayouLife community will look lik...
By Reagan Henderson
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May 1st, 2018
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by Meredith McKinnie When I was only eight weeks old, I contracted vicoli e coli. I had only been at the nursery for two weeks. A little boy there was a carrier but showed no symptoms. My mom knew something was wrong; my coloring was off; and the doctors insisted it was Mom’s little poodle, Heidi, [&...
By Reagan Henderson
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Mar 28th, 2018
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Paige Plaisance, a Lake St. John girl, graduated from LSU in fashion merchandising and started her business in Austin, TX. Paige Plaisance was born a small-town girl with big town dreams. She attended Tensas Academy with only 13 classmates and spent the weekends and summers on the water: Lake St. Joh...
By Reagan Henderson
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Mar 28th, 2018
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article by Meredith McKinnie The Cancer Foundation League (CFL) is a nonprofit, started in 2002 by Virginia Knickerbocker and Dee Dee Cook. The women who wanted to help their friend who had been recently diagnosed with cancer. At the time, only the American Cancer Society existed, and the ladies want...
By Reagan Henderson
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Mar 28th, 2018
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Michelle John, Monroe native, now resides in Austin, TX as a practicing art therapist BY MEREDITH MCKINNIE | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARTIN G MEYERS Michelle John, a native of Monroe, is a mixed media artist currently living in Austin, Texas. She is also a licensed psychotherapist who never stays in one place...
By Reagan Henderson
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Mar 28th, 2018
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MORGAN POTTS, A LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, IS A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR WHOSE QUEST TO “GO AGAINST THE GRAIN” HELPED LAUNCH HER COMPANY, GRANARLY. ARTICLE BY VANELIS RIVERA AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARTIN G MEYERS YOU’D BE SURPRISED AT WHAT A DOUBLE-HEADED LLAMA, whiskey and a food truck named Oatis have...
By Reagan Henderson
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Feb 27th, 2018
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Shaping Our Kids to Be a Good Friend article by Cindy G. Foust Happy March BayouLife community has we begin our trek into the last month of the first quarter of 2018. Wait…what in the cat hair did I just say? I think what I meant to say is that we are nearing the end […]...
By Reagan Henderson
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Feb 27th, 2018
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article by Vanelis Riviera Blues music may have a reputation of being the music of sadness, but Lesli Rambin, founder of the Byway Blues project, also recognizes that its a cathartic experience. It’s the act of driving out the sadness of the soul in order to reclaim your own power back. During her gr...
By Reagan Henderson
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Feb 27th, 2018
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article by Meredith McKinnie I ’ve had my first and last name for 35 years now. They’re both unique, and I like that. They both start with an “M.” I love alliteration, something my mother no doubt happened upon, completely unplanned. The women in my family, most have no middle names, a blank space co...
By Reagan Henderson
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Feb 27th, 2018
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article and illustration by Lou Davenport The dictionary defines “hissy fit” as a sudden outburst of anger due to frustration. I’d agree with that, but since I consider myself an authority on them, I have found there’s a lot more to be said about the “hissy fit.” First of all, there’s several differe...
