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Your Ultimate List of 24 FREE Summer Activities For Kids!
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Your Ultimate List of 24 FREE Summer Activities For Kids!

Now that school is out, are you looking for activities to do with the kids, but don’t want to spend an arm and leg? Summer is a perfect time to visit loved-ones and enjoy activities that we missed during the school year due to hectic schedules and tons of responsibilities. 

Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Cooking With Kids!
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Tiny Tot Tuesdays: Cooking With Kids!

Put those tots to work in the kitchen! Cooking with kids…When my kids were toddlers it seemed like they would wait for me to get busy cooking and decide to get into e-ver-y-thing they could think of! Those classic moments of the little ones writing on the walls and covering themselves in Vaseline would happen…

Learn When To Say No… “I Cain’t and I Ain’t!”
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Learn When To Say No… “I Cain’t and I Ain’t!”

No Means NO! A hard ass lesson I’ve learned since becoming a mom is that I cannot yet operate at the level I did before I was a mom. Don’t get me wrong, this does not mean that I will never operate at the highest of the high levels from my previous life- I AIN’T…

8 Great Elements for a Non-Boring, Co-ed Baby Shower

8 Great Elements for a Non-Boring, Co-ed Baby Shower

Can we talk about baby showers for a sec? Because most of them are traditional, conservative and reserved. If this is your style, then cool! Not hating at all! But if you’re anything like me, you’re a sucker for pushing the envelope and breaking away from monotony. What if I told you that a baby…

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Remembering Daddy: What He Taught Me + Tips For Dealing With Loss

My dad’s birthday is Father’s Day. He died. I miss him but I am able to carry on. Here are some tips for ladies who also miss their daddy.

Father’s Day Should Only Be About Fathers-Period.

Father’s Day Should Only Be About Fathers-Period.

Whenever Father’s Day rolls around I find myself appreciative, conflicted and then angry throughout the day (in that order) with all the mixed messages I see floating around social media and the innanet (aka messy internet). And this is the year I want to talk about it because it has become a giant elephant in…

Fathers Play A Critical Role In a Young Girl’s Life

Fathers Play A Critical Role In a Young Girl’s Life

Fathers play a critical role in shaping the thoughts and feelings of their daughters at a young age. In most cases, they are the first man that a young girl sees and trusts. It’s no surprise that she hangs onto his every word. More importantly, daughters pay close attention to how a father behaves and…

“Don’t Lose Your Mind Evacuation Plan” For Stressed Moms
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“Don’t Lose Your Mind Evacuation Plan” For Stressed Moms

By Nicole Walker “Y’all gon’ make me lose my mind, up in here, up in here. Y’all gon’ make me go all out. Up in here, up in here. Y’all gon’ make me act a FOOL. Up in here, up in here. Y’all gon’ make me lose my cool. Up in here, up in here”…

Fathers Are Parents, Not Babysitters. #NormalizeFatherhood
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Fathers Are Parents, Not Babysitters. #NormalizeFatherhood

Fathers are not back-up, the help, or the assistant. In fact, they aren’t adjuncts in any shape or fashion. They are tenured parents with full-time roles and responsibilities, other duties as assigned, and no union rights available. Fathers are parents, not babysitters. And yet I often hear them referred to in these auxiliary roles, as…

On Pregnancy, Mothering, And All That Jazz!
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On Pregnancy, Mothering, And All That Jazz!

To grow and deliver a tiny human being is no small feat. The impact of pregnancy on the human body can vary drastically from one person to the next. Some women come out unscathed while others have lasting scars and/or conditions to remind them of their journey to motherhood. In fact many try, to no…

Why Moms Should Date Their Mommy Friends
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Why Moms Should Date Their Mommy Friends

My mommy friends can wine and dine me, honey! We don’t get out often, can’t you tell? We’ve been drifting in this thing called motherhood for a while now, some of us longer than others, and we get a little too excited when we get to pop out on the town. Why? Because of life,…

Ripped: How I Got My Sex Back After That Big Ass Tear!
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Ripped: How I Got My Sex Back After That Big Ass Tear!

It is not seemly to talk about sex. And I’m not trying to be unseemly. I also don’t want to scare anyone who is pregnant or in labor right now because you probably won’t wind up with a third degree tear like I did. At least, I hope you don’t.