Raising Children to Weather the Storm
My husband and I recently celebrated our wedding anniversary. I thought about the perfect anniversary gift and MJ the Musical came to mind. I can’t believe how much time has passed since we met. The wedding is the best day I ever experienced, and thankfully we hired the best Richmond wedding photographer to capture our…
Raising biracial children has unique challenges, including struggles with identity. My husband and I have had so many conversations about the best ways to approach raising multiracial kids. Providing them with unconditional love is a given, but the reality is that there’s a lot more to it than that. We discuss this topic in our…
When I heard about King Kong Alive on Broadway, I was a bit skeptical. How could the enormous looking gorilla conquer the Great White Way? I imagined it to be a more campy version of the movie. But, my curiosity got the best of me and decided to see it for myself. Taking the kids…
We tied the knot over ten years ago and thought of ways to celebrate our wedding anniversary this year. After hearing about the musical based on Disco Queen, Donna Summer, we both agreed that would be the perfect way to spend our special day. The Broadway musical is told through the dramatic lens of her…
When I read that a Southwest Airlines employee insisted Lindsay Gottlieb prove her biracial son’s identity, a part of me wasn’t at all surprised. This is one of the many issues parents of multiracial children face on a daily basis, myself included. According to published reports, the University of California, Berkeley’s head basketball coach for…
I grew up watching her as the spoiled rich girl on the popular sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. But Karyn Parsons is nothing like her TV persona. In fact, she’s quite the opposite. When I interviewed Karyn Parsons for for Mornings On 1 at NYC Transmitter Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, I was pleasantly…
Christmas traditions growing up was nothing like how we celebrate them today. Why? Because I grew up in a Jamaican household. When I tell people that my siblings and I didn’t write letters to Santa, hang Christmas stockings, or open up a ton of presents on Christmas morning, they look at me with sad eyes. For some reason…
“He’s a Boy, Not a Girl!” I find myself repeating those words whenever someone refers to my son as my daughter. Honestly, I didn’t notice it at first. People would compliment my beautiful daughters and I’d say thank you. Then, my brain would do a mental remind and realize that they just called my son…
