Santa Cruz!!

I chaperoned the Little Flower’s 5th grade trip to Santa Cruz today. I had a ball!! My baby even rode a roller coaster with me. However, we are going to have to work on her roller coaster technique, as you can see… 😂 The weather was great. The kids were great. It was awesome. I […]

The #LittleFlower’s 5th Grade Social!

It’s the last week of elementary school for the Little Flower (No I can’t believe it either!) and tonight they had a social. The theme was a Luau and for some reason she wanted me to attend. (I know these days are short lived so I am always going to show up when she wants […]

Summer hair!

Just finished braiding the Little Flower’s hair! Although when I do her summer braids I don’t really get to enjoy my work. I braid her hair so that while she’s away from me she won’t have to stress about it. I know from experience that if I don’t do her hair it won’t get done […]

The long road to breaking my social media habit

This morning as I was making my breakfast I thought about how many times I would take a picture of my plate and publish it in my stories but this morning my thought was “no one cares about what I’m eating for breakfast.” In fact, when it really comes down to it no one really […]

I’m giving up social media, for good…

I’ve gotten to the point where I really don’t like anything about it. I have always been an introvert and while social media has been a way for me to interact with others without “really” interacting it’s become far too invasive for me. From the locations to the tags to the curiosity to find out […]

Why I Encourage My Child to Make Her Own Halloween Costume

As a child I always enjoyed making my own Halloween costume. It was always fun and exciting. And, of course once I became a mother it was even more exciting because I was able to transform my child into whatever she or I could imagine. However, the past two years I have taken a backseat […]

10 Things to Help You Stay Sane While Black

If you are black in this country there is a good chance that you are struggling everyday to just maintain your sanity. Videos of black people being murdered in cold blood by police are constantly streaming online. Murderous cop after murderous cop is set free. Despite this we are forced everyday to keep living in […]