From the launching of our website in 1999, one of our first and most loyal visitors was a sweet lady from Vermilion Parish in Louisiana who we call 'MizMo'. She came into this world in 1922 as Aline Elizabeth Theriot, a daughter of Alexandre Telesphore Theriot and grand-daughter of Telesphore and Maria Theriot, head of the Great-Branch. Later, a Mr. Joseph Edias Meaux asked for her hand and the two raised a family of nine children. So, today we have 'MizMo':  a sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, genealogist, Cajun cook, and most important to us, a story-teller, who is very well connected to the World-Wide Web!

As you will see, MizMo has a way with words. Her short stories offer a rare glimpse of Cajun life in Louisiana. Each is a virtual gem revealing the hard but happy life of the Acadian families. The customs and traditions of the period are woven into her warm and cozy tales of life in a Cajun home. Her short stories of life ON THE BAYOU (including one or two poems) are listed below from the earliest (at the top) to the most recently published. 

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