Old school music
Today as I drove my children to their track practice and flipping through the radio stations, I came across an old hip hop song called “Get Up” by Salt and Pepa. As I listened and sang along word by...
View ArticleSweet Tea Tuesday: Back to school?
This time of year, the question on many minds and lips has something to do with going back to school. School? Well, if you mean the place where our social skills are developed and strengthed, where...
View ArticleSweet Tea Tuesday: Rolling stones
Ah yes, Rolling Stones,The Aftermath: unfortunately, this is not about a rock band, but rather a band of children. Shifts position at the table. This is about me, the four siblings I’ve learned of, and...
View ArticleThe damsel conundrum
Scoots forward in chair, adjusts eyeglasses and smiles. The Damsel Conundrum, breathes. Some time ago I touched upon hueism and sexuality in my The Blacker the Berry post. It was from the male...
View ArticleClean your room!
As kids, we have grown up being told to keep our rooms clean. As girls, it was imperative to have a tidy room because females aren’t supposed to be messy. That was a statement my mom always told my...
View ArticleSweet Tea Tuesday: Peer pressure for parents
I’m sure we’ve all been there at one time or another, visiting with friends or family who don’t exactly subscribe to our parenting ideology, yes? The day is idyllic, the children are frolicking about...
View ArticleBlack women’s health: Fibroids
I was watching a documentary on infertility recently. My heart just wept for some of these couples that desperately wanted babies. I was particularly saddened by a black couple that had put a second...
View ArticleNo Wedding No Womb
Maybe you are old enough to remember Grease 2. Hopefully you remember the Fallout Shelter scene in which Louis tries to convince Sharon to sleep with him. He sings to her, urging to “…do it for your...
View ArticleSweet Tea Tuesday: Straight trippin’, Boo
Saturday morning, the leading man and I set out on a road trip to the California coast, sans children. This is the first time we’ve been away from the child/ren since 1997. (We were still a party of...
View ArticleOrganic Food vs. Conventional Food: a goverment conspiracy?
Why Is Organic Food More Expensive? Most people assume that organic food cost less to produce. Why wouldn’t they be? Isn’t organic food grown on organic farms that are free from chemicals and...
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