After my bitch and moan session in last week’s blog post, I figured y’all deserved to see the evidence. Here we are, all geared up as Daphne and Velma. Fyi, the Daphne costume came from eBay, and the only thing Annika really liked about it was the wig. She LOVES this wig. I think it’s [...]
Categories: Life, Motherhood
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Tags: Annika, Holidays, Motherhood, Random crap
Every year around this time, Annika and I have discussions about Santa. And they are always ridiculous. I don’t know if it’s just that my kid is too smart for my lies or if it’s that I’m just saying the wrong things. Annika doesn’t seem to have this wonderful magical notion about Santa Claus. She’s [...]
Categories: Failure, Life, Motherhood, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Holidays
Since I generally make resolutions and then I don’t keep them, I decided that this year I’d use a little reverse psychology on my self. Here’s my New Year’s resolutions list for 2012: Watch more TV Eat more junk food Drink more Gain weight Exercise less Spend less time playing with Annika Read less Don’t [...]
Categories: Failure, Uncategorized
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Christmas night, after I spent an entire day indulging myself and my daughter, as I drove home from my parents’ this thought crossed my mind, “I’ve lived a life of uninhibited indulgence.” I’m not saying that I have lived a life filled with debauchery and excess. I haven’t. Not in the context of American life, [...]
Categories: Life, Motherhood, Uncategorized
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To my surprise, Annika popped the big question to me the other day. “Mommy, is Santa Claus real?” I stammered for moment, wondering what to say. It had never occurred to me that she would ask at such a young age. I guess my critical nature is rubbing off on her. Let me just say, [...]
Categories: Motherhood, Parenting, Uncategorized
| Tags: Annika, Holidays, Motherhood
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: Blogs on Racial/Biracial Issues, Fatherhood, Life, Racism
| Tags: Annika, Bi-racial, co-parenting, Holidays, Racism, Stereotypes
Mother’s Day is not for single moms. There, I just had to get that out there. This isn’t going to be a post complaining about being single. But the reality is, single motherhood doesn’t typically include an annual celebration organized by a significant other. To my surprise, I have found that single motherhood is not [...]
Categories: Intentions, Life, Motherhood
| Tags: Annika, Holidays, Motherhood
I don’t believe in religion. That’s not to say that I don’t believe in God. But I don’t believe in religion. I think that religion has done just as much – if not more – harm than good, in our world. Looking for eggs. But oddly enough, I found myself, on Easter morning, telling Annika [...]
Categories: Life, Motherhood, Religion
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