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February 2017

February 13, 2017

Jars of Clay

When I was a kid my Ma often told me how things were 'going to...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Found

I'm writing today over at Raising Mothers in honor of the 4th annual Black Breastfeeding...

February 2015

February 22, 2015

When your First Born Son is Half Way

You, my first born son are halfway to Becoming A Man. At 9 yrs. old,...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Reach

For awhile my boys felt like they were out of my reach. Last Fall, when...

August 12, 2014

Woncha Take A Risk?

A few days ago, I took my boys to our favorite haven on Lake Michigan. ...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

When a Snake Eats A Boy

One of the best parts of parenting is doing ALL THE THINGS I'm interested in...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

9 Things I Want to Say (But Don’t) To Your Curious yet Racially Charged Microaggressions against Me & My Children

I am racially Italian-American & African-American. I am a biracial, self-identifying, culturally & ethnically black...

September 2013

September 10, 2013

Here, I am Being Ruined by Parenting

I was editing a few beach pictures the other day. We'd taken a mini staycation...

August 2013

August 18, 2013

An Open Letter To the Over Sharing Mama

Dear Over Sharing Mama, I feel you. Sometimes, I confess, I over share because I...

July 2013

July 12, 2013

The Present Moment

"WHAT IS IT?" I hear my 7.5 yr. old screaming from the other room. A...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Establishing Memories

Every 1st Monday of the month, I’ll be taking seriously my One Word for 2013 by...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Be Careful With Me

My guest post blog series When God Speaks {or doesn't} will continue on for the...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

My Broken Hallelujah

There is beauty and brokenness in parenting. The heartache of possibilities held in tension with...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

In my light skin with my mostly white babies

What it is like to identify as one race in one ethnic background and give...

October 15, 2012

Use Halloween to make your kids into active global citizens. Yep, it’s possible.

I can't believe I had never heard of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF before I became a member...

October 13, 2012

Intentional Parenting Through Your Spritual Gifts

Ever wondered how your spiritual gifts play out in your parenting style? It’s pretty easy...

June 2012

June 09, 2012

The Cost of a Child

Image via Early Childhood Education. (Link removed at their request). I'll take ANY of those...

May 2012

May 13, 2012

My Mother’s Day gift – a new home!

Take a look around, isn't she purrrrrrty? I'm so excited to have a long awaited...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

The One in Which I’m Pretty Sure I’m Complaining and Feeling Sorry for Myself.

I've been doing a lot of never-give-up tweets or facebook status updates. Even my Google+...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

“May you live in interesting (pornographic) times.” -Chinese Proverb

Okay, so I revised it. The real proverb is "May you live in interesting times." ...

March 12, 2012

A lot of penis talk going ’round these parts…

The other day I was changing the 2 yr. old, R2. While I bent down...

January 2012

January 02, 2012

On the 9th Day of Christmas…

...Mama finally got around to editing those Christmas pics... How was your Christmas? For us,...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

Rhys-ently

Recently my little Rhysie-Bear, otherwise known around these parts as R2, or on Twitter as...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Little BLOG of Horrors: Say Goodnight, Gracie.

Have you ever seen Little Shop of Horrors? It's a musical about a nerdy florist...

May 11, 2011

Cascade of Consciousness

Is it not unbelievable how long it can take to recover after being gone for...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

Don’t Hate on Miranda Kerr, y’all: On post-baby weight loss.

Ladies, we need to stop hating on celebs who bounce back at the expected 6-12...

April 21, 2011

If this aint love, I don’t know what is

...My Buddy... ...(my buddy)... ...My Buddy... ...(my buddy)... ...wherever I go... ...he's gonna go... ...My...

April 18, 2011

And here I thought I’d done my LAST post of the season with pictures of snow…

After having a few days of 83 degrees, I was quite surprised to wake up...

March 2011

March 30, 2011

In Memory of…

In memory of... Harsh, cold... ...evil, winter! Syonara, PUNK! I HATE winter with a fierce...

March 28, 2011

On Losing a Child

Last night I had a nightmare that my little Rhysie-Bear got Cancer and died within...

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