My heart was heavy this morning. It was definitely shaping up to be a serenity prayer kind of day. Sometimes, in this space, I’m limited as to what I can share because while my stories are mine to tell, I tread lightly on telling other people’s stories. I have written (elsewhere) about my bonus children, [...]
Our whole family vacation at Cedar Point, 2010 When our oldest daughter Taylor approached El Ex and me with the idea for an all-kids episode of “Co-Parenting Matters”, we thought it was a genius idea (not that we’re biased on anything). She said, “Co-parenting is for the kids, so kids should talk about it, right?” [...]
Last night, after a Thanksgiving brunch that left FedBooHusband and me feeling like we could never eat again, we got a call from some friends, a couple FBH has known for years. They invited us to come over and “Come hungry!” The idea of any more food made us weak, but we enjoy hanging out [...]
Yesterday, BabyGirl shared with me a list of what she calls, “Thanksgiving Thanks”: Family Life Friends School Food Love Books Words Dogs Cats Close [clothes] Shoes Fun Trees Colors Ari* The moon Music My heart? Melted. *I have no idea who Ari is. ETA: Mystery solved. Ari = air
Anonymous Research Project On Mothers and Grief Motherhood and the death of a loved one are two of the most stressful life experiences women face. However, parenting mothers who are also grieving the death of a loved one, other than a partner or child, have not received scholarly attention. The goal of this study is [...]
Why Not Adopt a Black Child? by Deesha Philyaw “We have many clients seeking to adopt, but none of them are waiting for a Black child.” The woman’s voice on the phone was at once unsettling, moving, and life-changing. A caseworker at a local Christian adoption agency, she had received a call from a Black [...]
My apologies for the not entirely appropriate use of Ms. Donna Summer, but I got some things I want to toot my horn about. First up… Tonight at 9 EST, I’ll have the pleasure of joining two awesome gents, WiseMath and Inkognegro, on their show The Black Odd Couple to discuss my webinar, Write Your [...]
It’s been a minute since I posted a blessings post. I haven’t stopped counting them, but I don’t always share. Today, however, I was reminded of how blessed I am, particularly in my co-parenting relationship with El Ex. 1. I’m blessed that he is committed to putting our kids and their needs first, above our [...]
I was recently interviewed by Kristin Howerton who blogs at Rage Against the MiniVan and is the Managing Editor at ShePosts.com, and it’s my favorite interview yet. I think it was Kristin’s great questions. Thanks, Kristin, for bringing the co-parenting conversation to the ShePost readers! You can read it here.
“2010 Co-Parenting Resolutions” from my column at The Faster Times: These are still fresh for ’11!