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Finding Me In Motherhood

I don't remember the first time I realized my mother was a woman outside of the label of "my mom." I do remember a time, when my daughter was about two or three months old, when it hit me that my mother must have gone through this same thing—the sleepless nights, the wondering when it will get easier, the figuring it out as you go. That she was a woman who became a mother. That she has an identity … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Behind the blog, Family, Love + Family, Mom to Mom, The big picture, You + Your Kids ·

As A Black Mother, This Is What Keeps Me Up At Night

Last Halloween, I took my kids' trick or treating in my very much majority-white neighborhood. We were around the corner, just out of view of my house, when a police car started riding slowly down the street. I froze. I kept one eye on the car as it followed me and my kids and I had to murmur to myself that I had done nothing wrong, that I was doing exactly what everyone else was doing … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Behind the blog, Education, Featured, School-Aged Children, The big picture ·

Can You Afford To Travel Once You Have A Family?

For some time now, I've wanted to take my kids to Disney. I managed to get invited to the first Disney Social Media Moms Summit back in 2009 and took my then three-year-old daughter with me.  I feel guilty that I didn't bring my son (then only 17 months old). Since it was too expensive for all of us to fly, my husband agreed to stay home with our son, I put our flights on my credit card and off … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Featured, Love + Family, Money + School, The big picture, Travel ·

If I Had To Do It All Over Again, I’d Still Get Pregnant “Too Soon”

One of the scariest moments of my life was sitting on the toilet, head in my hands, waiting those tortuous three minutes to finally pick my head up and look at the pregnancy test laying on the counter. When it was positive, I thought life was over. Even now, seven years later, that feeling of dread sticks with me. An unplanned pregnancy is no joke. However, motherhood gave me the drive to … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Babies + Toddlers, Featured, Love + Family, My favorite posts, The big picture ·

My Son Is A Hardcore Feminist

  For the past two weeks, we've been having work done on our house. Every day as we're leaving to get in the car, my son looks around at the work crew and asks me, "Mommy, where are the women?" "What do you mean?" "Where are the lady builders?" "There aren't any lady builders working today," I reply, opening the car door and motioning for him to get in. "But are there lady … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Featured, Love + Family, The big picture ·

Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Life

I'm in the midst of writing my second book, a nonfiction title about the realities of today's young mothers. It's going to be awesome. When I was thinking about the release, I realized I was thinking about what would look impressive.  How I could package it and make it look fancy for people. I was thinking of how people would congratulate for me writing another book. That's the wrong way to … [Continue reading...]

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I’m A Much Happier Blogger Since I Quit Checking My Pageviews

Even though I consider myself a successful blogger, someone who is literally making a career from this site you're looking at, I'm learning that blogging as a business can be a pain-in-the-ass sometimes. I don't want to count how many followers I have on Pinterest. I don't want to do all this SEO every time I write a post. I don't want to write for search engines versus people. I don't … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Behind the blog, Blog Write Now, Featured, Love + Family, Mom to Mom, The big picture ·

Adventures At Sam’s Club

I was at Sam's Club this weekend, stocking up on food with my family, when I heard the familiar sounds of a two-year-old crying. I turned to the left and sure enough, there was a mom with two kids in her cart and both of them were crying off and on. "But, Mommy...." the oldest, maybe 4, wailed. The younger one, who was about 2, just cried, not saying any real words. The mom very calmly told … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Featured, Love + Family, The big picture ·
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