Raising Children to Weather the Storm
When I signed up for the 10k last December, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. The plan was to spend four months training. But, that plan quickly went down the tubes. It came down to the wire and I decided to do some last minute preparations. Here’s how I trained for…
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You’ve seen the video of Baltimore mom, Toya Graham hitting her 16-year-old son during the Baltimore riots. Many are calling her mom of the year for her actions. But some say they’re disturbed by how she dealt with the situation. Graham’s son joined rioters in response to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died as…
My four-year-old has a prom and dance recital coming up, which can get pretty expensive. Rather than head to the salon, we’ve been experimenting with different curly hairstyles. One of our favorite styles is the pull-through braided updo. It’s great for dance recitals, proms, and weddings. I’ve come to realize that a cute…
My family, friends, and I used to have fun guessing what our babies would look like. Would they have darker features like me or a fair complexion like their Dad? But I wasn’t prepared for the strange comments, questions, and double takes. I found myself saying, “Yes she’s mine” and “No, I’m not the nanny, he’s…
Like many four-year-olds, my daughter asks a ton of questions. Just the other day she asked, “what’s a tornado?” I couldn’t exactly go into a long winded scientific explanation of how updrafts created from a thunderstorm can produce a rotating column of air that connects the earth’s surface with the cloud. So, I kept the answer very…
Within the last year, Princess’s hair has grown so much. Her style of choice has always been a wash and go. But recently, she’s been wanting to keep her hair in a ponytail. When I asked why, she said it’s because her hair is always in her face. As a matter of fact, her curly…
There was a time when I wanted to be a nurse like my mom. That’s because I would accompany her to work every once in a while back in Jamaica. She’d pack my favorite snack, Ovaltine Crackers and Milo. I’d sit at the nurses station and meet some of her colleagues and see some of the newborn…
