Tag: parenting
Confessions of a “Good Grade” Addict
Confession time; I’m a recovering report card junkie. A people pleaser. A certified square. Star charts and student of the week recognition? Yes please!...
I’m in the Special Needs Mom Club
I’m part of a club that I never planned to belong.
I’m in the special-needs mom club.
I’m a planner by nature. Growing up in a...
Continuing Anti-Racist Work After the Book Club Ends
If you are like the thousands of other white women over the past few months, you have been balancing Zoom book clubs on white...
A Letter to My Single Mom
Dear Mom,
Today I stood at my kitchen sink at watched the clock change. 4:00. 4:10. 4:15.
I sighed and words of irritability ran through my...
The Tale of Two Americas: You’re Either All in or All...
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”-James...
Health at Every Size: Weight Diversity Is a Beautiful Thing
Y'all, I too, like Ja Rule, "was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!" (Fyre Festival reference, cracks me up every time). The Health...
A Beginner’s Experience with Setting Boundaries
I have never been one to have boundaries. I was raised by a single mom and have only sisters, so there weren’t many clear...
Our Experience as a Big Couple: National Mentoring Month
Pre-marriage, pre-kiddo, my then boyfriend (now husband), and I didn’t have much of a purpose other than our weekly job responsibilities and Sunday Fundays...
Give Yourself Some Dang Grace!
Ladies, mamas, why are we so hard on ourselves? Let me tell ya, I have learned some lessons over these last two years since...
The Five: An Exercise in Gratitude
Last week my dear friend sent a message to a long-running group text reminding us that there were only 90 days left of the...
Check on Your Friends Who Have Teenagers. We Are Not Ok.
I’m at the point in my mothering career where I wonder if I did a single thing right. At 14, my once delightful and...
What Truly Matters: When Breastfeeding Doesn’t Work Out
Breastfeeding is one of those terms that almost everyone (male or female) are familiar with. While everyone knows what the term means, not everyone...
Being Fulfilled. What If Being a SAHM Is All I’m Supposed...
I have always been a dreamer. I love a good goal setting session, a vision board, or just a few hours alone with my...
To My Daughter…The One I Never Knew I Needed
Dearest Daughter,
Hi, it’s me. Your mom. I’ve been wanting to write this down for some time now but couldn’t quite find the words...until now....