Pregnancy Scare #16; Fearless Mom: Glenda Holland

Glenda Age: 38 Year you graduated high school: 1999 Year you found out you were pregnant: 2017 Number of children: 1 The Uh Oh Moment:  I was 12 weeks into the pregnancy [living] in Japan. Honestly, I was in total denial about being pregnant. My cycle has always been pretty regular and has been since …

Covid Hostage Situation

I feel like I started this one mostly out of boredom. There’s only but so much you can stream, eat, fuck (eh, well….debatable), sleep and read before…Covid Hostage Situation

Pregnancy Scare #17; Fearless Mom: Miranda Thomas

Age: 28 Year you graduated high school: 2009 Year you found out you were pregnant: 2017 Number of children: 1 The Uh Oh Moment: January 2017; I was 25, by myself, cleaning my bathroom. I noticed I was pregnant because I missed my menstrual and I am pretty regular. At that time, I did not …

Everything The Light Touches

Name: Sarabi Year you graduated high school: N/A Year you found out you were pregnant: 1994 Number of children: 1 The Uh-Oh Moment: For as long I can remember, the Pride Lands have been my home. I am very territorial so travelling wasn't a huge thing on my to-do list. I was all about hunting with …

Parent and Dating #2; No Flowers, No Fluff

Describe your perfect date before kids The way I was raised, I never thought about a perfect date. My mom was anti-mating and I had an oversexed older sister and that turned me off for years. In high school, I had a few crushes. A lot of my ideas of dating and men came from …

Parent and Dating #1

Me & Mine + Them = X(?) Describe your perfect date: A perfect date would be simple. Dinner, movie, a few drinks. Enough to relax and enjoy myself. I just want an adult conversation and laughs. I've learned one of the hardest things to do while your children are young is dating. I'm a single …

Single and Santa

Don't forget the Christ in Christmas. Saying Happy Holidays is PC at work and school. Why don't more Black people celebrate Kwanzaa? How the hell do you spell Hanukkah (I've seen a C in there at one point). Our holidays are riddled with tradition, folklore, and colorful characters that fuel a child's imagination. It leaves …

This Is NOT An Attack On Momma Bey

  And I know this disclaimer won't be enough for some of the Beyhive, but I need you to know, her IMAGE, her immediate look was simply the catalyst for this. NOT her personality, NOT her personal morals and values, NOT her assumed motherhood and/or womanhood. I saw, I thought, I wrote. So let us …

Pregnancy Scare #15; Fearless Mom: FranShaun Harris

Franshaun Harris Age: 25 Year You Graduated High School: 2008 Year you found out you were Pregnant: 2014 Number of Children: 1 The Uh-Oh Moment: December 2014 I found out I was pregnant going in to get my yearly physical and asthma checkup. Now a days, doctors give you all the test in the world. …

2015 in review

This project truly means the world to me. I love seeing the growth and I couldn't do it without your testimonies, likes, and shares. THANK YOU A THOUSAND TIMES. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,800 times in 2015. If it were a cable car, …