In a few days, Toyin and I will embark on our first really long road trip with Annika. First, before anyone gets too excited, no, this doesn’t mean anything. For those of you may not realize just how bizarre our relationship is, yes, we do travel together. Since Annika was an infant, we’ve made several [...]
Categories: Travel, Uncategorized
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Tags: co-parenting
I’ve recently discussed being single with a couple of married moms, one thinking about getting divorced, and the other, getting divorced because her husband wants it, but she doesn’t. It got me to thinking about how I looked at things so differently when we were still living with Toyin. And now, being single, there have [...]
Categories: Single motherhood, Uncategorized
| Tags: co-parenting, Single Parenting
I’ve had my share of being alone during the holidays. After my divorce, living in Detroit, 1400 miles away from my immediate family, I spent plenty of Thanksgivings alone. And truthfully, it’s not that bad. Yesterday, I spent the morning by myself. So even though this one was not spent alone, being without Annika gave [...]
Categories: Motherhood, Single motherhood, Travel, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, co-parenting, Holidays, Single Mom
Annika is going to get on a plane without me for the first time tomorrow morning. She and Toyin are going to Michigan for Thanksgiving. They will be gone for three days. Tomorrow marks the first of many things. Our first holiday apart; her first trip on a plane without me; her first trip visiting [...]
Categories: Single motherhood, Travel, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, co-parenting, Holidays, Motherhood, Single Mom
Apparently, single black fathers are challenging negative stereotypes, and emerging on the scene of single fatherhood as better dads than other single dads. I woke up this Father’s Day to read this article. In general, the study quoted in the article showed that overall dads are more involved with their kids than ever before. Even [...]
Categories: Fatherhood, Life, Race, Racism
| Tags: Annika, Bi-racial, co-parenting, Holidays, Racism, Stereotypes
I have been scrolling through some of my old posts from when I began blogging oh so long ago, back in 2009, and I thought it would be fun to re-post this one since I think all of three people read it. I had forgotten how unbelievably concerned I was over this, which just goes [...]
Categories: Fear, Motherhood, Parenting
| Tags: Annika, co-parenting, Motherhood, Parenting
I got a call last week from an acquaintance, another mom who is thinking about divorce. She wanted to ask me about co-parenting. Her biggest concern? Spending the night away from her daughter, who, like Annika, is 2. I could relate because ever since Annika was a tiny newborn, this was also my biggest concern. [...]
Categories: Motherhood, Parenting
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