To me, Valentine was always a drive through town that I paid little attention to on my commute to school in Thibodaux or work in New Orleans. Little did I know how much incredible history exists in this small community.

The tactic of divide and conquer has been used in many different cultures and civilizations throughout history. When your enemy outnumbers you, the act of creating a rift or divide amongst the population will even the odds because they will be too busy fighting each other instead of worrying…

There are those special people in life that have an immense effect on you. Sometimes it’s a family member or close friend, but for many, myself included, teachers served that purpose. I consider some of the best parts of my life to be during my school years and my teachers had a profound imp…

My paw paw, Norman J Crosby, was a native of Grand Isle and he held many traditions sacred. One in particular was that he would never fail to make the sign-of-the-cross when passing Our Lady of the Isle Catholic Church. I soon adopted this tradition seeing him do it so often, but I would som…

After graduating from Nicholls in 2013, I was still trying to figure out what I wanted to do in life. My mom, Deanna “Tootsie” Crosby, always told me to do whatever it is that I truly loved and enjoyed. That was when I quit my job working in a traditional field to pursue my passion in the fi…