February 26, 2013
A year ago I started The Educator’s Room now this year we’re publishing our first book (and I’ve written 4 chapters) in it. Details coming soon on how to order a copy of the book!
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December 26, 2012
I haven’t spoken about my natural hair in a LONG time here on the blog. Of course I still wear my hair au natural;however, I got bored with talking about it. So true to my nature, I simply would wash and condition it, apply some leave in condit...
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November 22, 2012
I love being able to jump in the show, run a couple of miles or sit out in the sun without worrying about my hair ‘shrinking up’ and ‘ruining my style’. You see my hair (in it’s natural state) is curly, kinky and fabulous! Four years ago I made a d...
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November 8, 2012
“What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is ours.”
This is a popular phrase that many married women say when (playfully) explaining how they wish money would be divided in their marriage. When I got married five years ago, my husband and I made a brave ...
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October 30, 2012
I’ve always lived by the motto, “If you have multiple talents, you should be getting multiple checks.” So, when I started blogging I believed that one day I would be paid for doing it. It took about a year but I eventually got my fi...
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October 19, 2012
My mother used to tell me that what works with one child, won’t necessarily work with the next one(s). Boy was she ever right. My oldest son is so calm and well composed that many times you won’t even know he’s in the house. For 8 y...
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October 2, 2012
During my pre adolescent years I was told by my mother to “hide my breasts” and make sure I wasn’t showing too much cleavage. If I did I wouldn’t be thought of as a “good girl” and I could be labeled “hot” or “grown” by people I didn’t even kn...
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June 19, 2012
Let me take a second and voice what has taken me several years to realize. VH1, Shed Media, Mona Scott (and all of the programming executives at Vh1) all hate black women. I know people will sit and say, “but Mona Scott (one of the creators) is...
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March 22, 2012
Being a mother to three children has its perks. On holidays I get lots of cards, every morning I wake up to multiple kisses wishing me a good day and I get to see three little people grow into adults. However, there is a downside to having a fami...
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February 28, 2012
One of the scariest things about becoming a mother to a baby girl is learning how to do their hair. For years I did my own hair, but trying to keep a baby’s (now a toddler) hair moisturized, conditioned and growing proved a daunting task for me...
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