Becoming a mother is one of the most beautiful moments of a woman’s life. It doesn’t matter if you gave birth, adopted or became a stepmother; whether it’s your first child or your fifth. It’s a time to be celebrated by all. However, for black women, it seems that isn’t the case. Unlike our counterparts…
Becoming a mother is one of the most beautiful moments of a woman’s life. It doesn’t matter if you gave birth, adopted or became a stepmother; whether it’s your first child or your fifth. It’s a time to be celebrated by all. However, for black women, it seems that isn’t the case. Unlike our counterparts…
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Please, Stop Demonizing Black Motherhood
in MotherhoodBecoming a mother is one of the most beautiful moments of a woman’s life. It doesn’t matter if you gave birth, adopted or became a stepmother; whether it’s your first child or your fifth. It’s a time to be celebrated by all. However, for...
A Picture Isn’t Always Worth A Thousand Words
December 10, 2018 in MotherhoodThis post is sponsored by Baby Dove, all opinions are my own. Even though I share openly about my life on social media, I am guilty of always sharing the good and not the bad. As a mom of now five kids, whose home...
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December 3, 2018 in Lifestyle, MotherhoodAaryn’s birth is still fresh in my mind. One of the most exciting parts, was being able to immediately hold my brand new, still covered in vernix babe, as soon as she made her entrance into this world! Having been able to do skin-to-skin...
Before Offering Your Unwarranted and Unsolicited Advice to A Parent, Please Consider These Things
November 7, 2018 in MotherhoodThere’s that saying that opinions are like…everybody has one. For some reason when people see a brand new baby, they often want to insert their unwanted opinion on new parents. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for the village helping out, but when the village...
Football and Bedtime
August 27, 2018 in MotherhoodMy son is a huge Carolina Panthers fan that must watch every game. He’s at the age now where I will allow him to stay up a little later to view the game if it’s running late. We’ve all seen the post floating around social media regarding appropriate...
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We All Wear Mask: A Battle With Smiling Depression
July 25, 2018 in Family & Life, Motherhood, Self-Care, Single Parenting, WellnessYou post photos of yourself at work, out with friends having the time of your life. But inside your struggling, fighting a war no one knows about. And it feels like your losing. It has taken me some time to finally sit down and...
Learning to Play With My Kids
June 27, 2018 in MotherhoodI have never been the tea-party type of mom. As a matter of fact, when Sunshine was younger it was really hard for me to do imaginative play with her. While I have gotten better over the years it is still equally hard for...
Motherhood IS an Accomplishment…Even If You Don’t Want to Believe it
June 25, 2018 in MotherhoodI remain hopeful that there will come a time when people will learn to mind their own business. Cotton candy dreams, right? There is no denying that there are many who don’t view being a mother as a viable accomplishment. As a matter of...