It’s not an overstatement to say that TechBoo loves Mary J. Blige. When I proudly told him that I’d managed to mention his favorite singer in my latest co-parenting post at The Faster Times, he gave me the side eye.
“Don’t I get points for that?” I asked.
“AFTER I read it,” he replied. [...]
Southwest: The Official Airline of Our Relationship
Techboo and I get asked all the time, “How do you do it?”–”it” being maintain a long-distance relationship which will soon become a long-distance marriage.* Here’s one answer to that question:
Tip #287: Making Long-Distance Love Work – Text Game Proper
Text your lady-love a picture of some brand-new lingerie and [...]
Presents…a reading by local writers Deesha Philyaw, Christina Springer, Melissa Sokulski, Kelli Stevens Kane, and Robin Monroe, along with Amanda Gilby, short fiction contest winner, reading from her piece featured in Issue 44:
The Creativity Issue
This latest issue honors and celebrates musicians, writers, and artists who can nurture their kids and their art.
Let’s get together, hip [...]
Suffice it to say that for Techboo and me, our dance card is full between now and the new year.
After Thanksgiving (which we are hosting), we’ve already RSVPed for 2 holiday parties and a Chanukah party. I’m doing a Kwanzaa presentation in BabyGirl’s kindergarten class, complete with cornbread baking activity (Jiffy!). Plus, there’s [...]
Find out what I (Deesha) am thankful for (plus a challenge to all you co-parents!) in a guest-post I wrote for SingleDad.com. Shout-out to SingleDad founder, RJ Jaramillo, for the opportunity. Here’s an excerpt:
At this time of year, even folks with the hardest of hearts and the biggest axes to grind might pause [...]
The bad news is: 1.5 hours of sleep. The good news is: http://bit.ly/36yldy
Below is a comment I left for Inkognegro in response to the follow up post to his guest-post at Single Sisters Speak (corrected for typos):
All of your words on the “deadbeat dad” subject hit home, because I had one, but this:
“Whether absent in the physical, or in the mental and emotional…your children become suspended in [...]
In the current Art/See issue of Bitch magazine (I got mine in the mail today), check out my review of the wonderful anthology “Who’s Your Mama?” edited by Yvonne Bynoe, and…my interview with the fabulous Farai Chideya. We chatted about her debut novel, “Kiss the Sky” and much more.
So one of the unexpected perks of teaching was revealed this week. One of the students in my writing class (the face-to-face non-credit class, not the online grad class) is a Notre Dame alum and a die-hard fan of ND football. Her whole family is, apparently.
My Techboo is a die-hard Notre Dame fan.
Notre [...]
Over at CoParenting101. org, we preach the Gospel of Getting Along With Ex and how loving your kid demands it, all the time. But there’s nothing like hearing the Truth straight from the horse’s–or rather, the kid’s–mouth:
“Weren’t They BOTH my parents, All of the Time?”
This interview, with Carolyn Grona, is the most moving interview [...]
