“Good morning ladies and gentlemen in about fifteen minutes, we’ll be having our children’s story time,” the woman announces over the intercom. When Markolee couldn't get enough of Mercy Watson Hubby and I are sitting in the magazine section of Barnes and Noble. He is turning the pages of an Art and Design magazine…
One bite of the blueberry muffin awakens a flavor-memory deep in my psyche archived in the folder titled: DELICIOUS! Zahara's Delicious Blueberry Muffin Zahara was eight years old when she asked if she could bake cookies by herself. “By myself,” she repeated slowly and with emphasis. I toiled over the dangers of the…
It is definitely sweater weather and I couldn’t be more proud to be ROCKING hubby’s artwork on my new favorite sweatshirt. Order yours at Ontonio.com
I gave birth to Zuri Adia, three months before my 23rd birthday. I have a photo of me holding a bottle to her mouth and blowing out several candles on my birthday cake. I had just moved back home. I had no clue what I was going to do, but what I knew for sure…
I was sitting outside, editing, when Zuri opened the door with a petrified look on her face.“Mommy, Zahara burned herself.”I dropped my computer on the chair and ran behind my daughter into the kitchen. The stove was still on and a funky-looking funnel cake was burning in the pot. An orange…
A few days ago, Chris and I took a walk along the bay.
The breeze blew, the pelicans flew, and Chris and I strolled by. He looked mostly at the water on our left, and I admired the houses on our right.I stopped at one house, in particular, that had a glasshouse in the backyard. I…