It started as soon as we came through the sliding doors of the airport in Accra, Ghana. While we waited for his father to link up with us, my son began to play with a bigger boy we had run into a few times after getting off the plane. When the bigger boy ventured further…
Why Giving Our Kids a “Growth Mindset” Is the Best Gift of All
I am hopeful that adopting a growth mindset will help my son develop views and habits that help him soar through life: less frustration or anger when things don’t go his way, willingness to persist and keep trying when the going gets tough, and
9 O’Clock Rocks: Winning the Battle of (Holiday) Binge vs. (Postpartum) Bulge!
Six or eight weeks after I had my son, I remember boasting to my home girl, “They were right about breastfeeding. I already lost all my baby weight!” “Yup, and if you sit in that house with that baby all day, you gonna put it all right back on and then some,” she warned me,…
9 O’Clock Rocks: What Do You Mean “Screen-Free” Parenting?
Dear Friends and Readers: Welcome to my new day and topic! I’ll be posting content on Tuesdays instead of Thursdays from now on, including “9 O’Clock Rocks”, a monthly section devoted to parenting and family topics, named for that magical hour known as bedtime! Ever since I came out of college, I envisioned being the…
Why The Whole Community Needs to Embrace Black Breastfeeding Week
It seems obvious (to me, anyway) that breastfeeding is the way nature intended for human mothers to feed human babies. One – okay, two – of the main reasons we are classed as mammals are these mammary glands on our chest. Every mammal species produces milk to feed their young. The benefits of breastfeeding are…
Healing Hands: A Conversation with Itshanapa Dail Chambers
My strongest intention is focused on my healing hands. My healing hands can create the Reiki. My healing hands can create art. My healing hands can write. – Itshanapa The saying goes, “a woman’s work is never done,” but artist and healer Itshanapa Dail Chambers wears so many hats it’s almost dizzying. Visual artist. Poet….
Kenny and Ronella
PCOS Dr. appointment FAIL!!
I headed to the doctor for the first time since returning to the states to see about getting some medication management for my PCOS. epic FAIL!!! Take a look at my thoughts about the appointment and what steps I’m taking to get my PCOS under control.
Tune In To You
Life is an amazing and complex journey. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something new comes along that completely rocks your world. It can be difficult to find your way back when it seems as though gravity has suspended and the contents of your life are perched in air; free-falling into…