Back To The Future With She’sWrite

Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads….

I’ve decided we’re going to do a little Back To The Future trip on She’sWrite. I’ve been bogged down with other things, I haven’t taken the time out to write for myself, and that’s why I started this blog in the first place.

I’ve started posts and never gotten back to them, or finished them but haven’t taken the time to hit “Publish.” So hop on in with me in the Delorean as we go Back To … Read more ...

A Chicago Boutique’s Latest Pick For Mom Of The Week

It’s crazy to get a glimpse of what someone else thinks of you. I had that chance this week when I read the story written about me in Bellē Up’s Mom of the Week feature.

Bellē Up is a maternity boutique in Chicago, but you can order all of its wonderfulness online. Actually it’s more than a store, it’s a community touchstone for moms. It hosts workshops for moms and story times for children, has an active blog and routinely stocks items made by local … Read more ...

Top 10 Blog Posts of 2011

It’s the day that I spend time looking back on the year that’s passed and today I’m visiting old blog posts to guide me down memory lane. Here are my top 10 posts of the year. Thank you for taking time out of your busy lives to read about mine, I wish you a wonderful 2012.

10) We came, we saw, we shuffled. This was about Hubby and I’s Shamrock Shuffle Race. I still smile when I think how he carried me across the … Read more ...

Praying I Don’t Have To Kill My Kid During My Radio Debut

I got the email on a Monday. It was an invitation to be a guest on a nationally syndicated morning radio show to talk about my piece on The Huffington Post. Ack!

Image by Salvatore Vuono

I can do a live Q&A on train derailments, workplace shootings, multi-vehicle pile-ups and other breaking death and destruction. But talk live about my frustrations with white folks?

Gulp. Aiight.

I grilled the producer on the KD Bowe Morning Show’s format. Is the whole thing live? Will … Read more ...