“What’s wrong with her?” My Daughter’s First Experience with Being Different
My daughter is growing up right before my eyes. She’s becoming more independent despite her physical limitations. She was born with Down syndrome and has physical and developmental delays. She’s nonverbal, hard of hearing, and has decreased motor skills for a child her age. But as “different” as she is, I try to keep her […]
Dear Stretch Marks: I’m Learning to Love You (But Be Patient)
You are red and pink and purple, and you are deep. You’re not like the faint, smooth, wispy white lines on my hips or inner thighs or breasts I earned after surviving puberty. No, you are loud and demand to be seen. To be honest, I never wanted to see you. I avoided full-length […]
Fill your Kids with Good
Kids today can be so mean. It seems like every day I hear of another child being bullied or mistreated by their peers. Now, I’m not saying kids weren’t hateful when I was a kid, way back in the nineteen hundred and eighties; but man, it just seems so much worse these days. I don’t […]
I am Memphis and Memphis is Me
I was born in Westwood. In my elementary years, we lived in Whitehaven. My teenage years were in Parkway Village. Growing up, on the weekends I was either in Frayser, North Memphis, or South Memphis. I purchased my first apartment in East Memphis before finally settling permanently in Berclair. I’ve been all over this city, […]
Easy Tailgating Tips for Busy Moms
Boys Can Do Anything Girls Can Do
I remember my Mom always speaking over me that I can do anything a boy can do. She never pushed me to be ultra girly. She actually she encouraged me to get down and dirty with the boys; this could be due to the fac that I grew up with mostly boy cousins. Whatever her […]
Discipline Sucks: Confessions of a Pacifist
First thing’s first. I’m not completely a pacifist. I actually think violence can be justified in some circumstances, like self-defense or in defense of others. But when it comes to children, I am completely a pacifist. I don’t think striking a child is ever warranted. Ever. And, for me, even raising my voice to them […]
Backermann’s: The Best Bakery You’ve Never Heard Of
Summer is winding down, school has started back up, and if you are anything like me you are family-funned out! I have been to the Children’s Museum more than enough times to pay for our membership, lost kids in the labyrinths of Creation Station, and built up the kids’ immune systems at Chuck E Cheese. […]
A Letter to My First Born
To My Darling Daughter, I always knew that I wanted to be a mom. If your dad had on board with it, I would have had you three years sooner, but you were totally worth the wait. The day after I took my implant out, I stocked up on pregnancy tests. I was so anxious […]
