Motherhood

Lessons From A 5 yr Old

Black Eye trans: a.k.a asalla/azoh. A Ghanaian term for a retort so sharp that the recipient is rendered speechless. A mythical Ghanaian man will then jump out of the bushes, fist over agape mouth and cry "Oooooohhh!!!" when the 'black eye' has been delivered. *********…

What is YOUR 3 year old reading?

*Shaking my head in shame* I have always known that the American primary education system was failing students across the country, but today, I got a rude awakening as to HOW FAR this failure goes. Whenever a child learns to read by the age of…

Judging Shaquan Duley

Last week, Shaquan Duley suffocated her 2 and 1 year old sons in a motel room, strapped them into their car seats, drove 10 miles away and back the car into a river with their lifeless bodies still inside. Today, she sits in jail on…

New Dads Have Feelings Too

In the last 2 years, a whole bunch of dudes I know have had children - well, their wives/girlfriends have anyway. Outwardly, they've all handled about the same. They've punched the air and/or uttered a bewildered "WHAT?!?!" at the reception of the news that their…

Grandma – The Ninja Assassin

If you've ever lost your family, or had no family to begin with, perhaps the best thing that could ever happen to you is to have someone adopt you. That, or hijack someone else's clan and claim them for your own. Over the last few…

Milk From Mommy's Garden

As I was laying in the post -op recovery room last week, my guts just exposed to a room full of people not 20 minutes before, I looked over a saw a perky brunette surrounded by a gaggle of nurses. Her very skittish husband was…

Special Deliver-weave!!

(This is what it sounds like when doves cry) I've had 4 pregnancies in 6 years and every one of them has been unique. I've had preeclampsia, a placenta previa, a fetus suspected/diagnosed as having Down's Syndrome, and one regular term birth with no issues.…

New Mommy Blues

You know what the hardest part about becoming a new mom is? It's not the fact that you have this brand new life whose very survival is dependent upon your every breath; it's not the irrevocable change to every facet of your life that comes…

Errr…Hoo-hoo. Yeah.

Man, I struggled with what to call this post. Here are a couple of titles I contemplated: 1) Self-exploration and my 5 year old 2) Your hoo-hoo is supposed to look like that 3) For the love of Pete, don't scratch yourself down there! I…

Every Little Girl Needs a Crazy Daddy

You see that old Black man with the self-satisfied smirk on his face and a knot on his forehead? That's Kwasi Gyekye - my dad and the first love of my life. I have measured every man's ability by his; whether that be an ability…