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Pizza Night

Family, Featured, Food, TravelJuly 2, 202236Views 0Likes 0Comments

The first time I tried ordering lunch in Italy last summer, my rudimentary Italian failed me. I had no clue what to say. I pointed to dishes of food behind the glass case and the woman serving me zoomed in on my finger and tried to match it to a dish. “Si?’ she asked, pointing…

I Wish I was Making This Up

Anxiety, Authors, Black Authors, Black Mothers, Black Struggles, Chronic Pain, DIFFICULT POSSIBILITIES, Diversity, Education, Endometriosis, Family, Featured, Healing, Hysterectomy, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Motherhood, Nature, oophorectomy, Overcoming fearsAugust 26, 20200Views 0Likes 0Comments

Several weeks ago, when I explained the symptoms I was having to my neurologist, he nonchalantly recommended an MRI to rule out two disturbing possibilities: MS and brain tumor.I managed to put one foot before the other, and maintained a false-calm demeanor while I waited. When the neurologist called with the results, Hubby and…

Rose Garden

Children, Family, Featured, Food, Garden, Hair, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, Spring, Stories, TravelMarch 20, 202026Views 0Likes 0Comments

Sometimes, little noses greet the roses,

Our Table

Children, Education, Family, Featured, Food, friendship, Homeschool, Marriage, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Nature, Race, Simple Living, Small wonders, StoriesNovember 26, 201933Views 0Likes 0Comments

There is a space in our home where we all gather, and in our home, we gather at our table.We gather at our table to drink Coffee to sip tea to debate and create and channel Dear Abby. We gather at our table to quench our thirst.We gather at our table to spotlight our highs and lows and to share our joys and…

Eggplant Tango

Featured, Food, Garden, Life, NatureOctober 19, 201932Views 0Likes 0Comments

Eggplants are in season- I found 4 for $5 at my local grocery this week, and while they were not on my list, I just had to put them in my cart. But don't run out and purchase them without knowing how to sex them.Shame on you. That's not what I meant:-). Now that you're done shaking…

Stifling-Comfort

Children, Education, Family, Featured, Life, Moments, Motherhood, Nature, Race, Stories, TravelSeptember 2, 201935Views 0Likes 7Comments

Dear White Mom,You are making parenting difficult for me. I am a black mother living in a red state. Mothering black children in a white town. Black. White. Red. Colors are not so pretty, after all. The urge to suppress my anger is making me angry - injustice has a way of boiling one's blood.So far, I've been the one…