Last week I was asked to contribute a 4-part online Mommy Blog for a popular Black Canadian magazine. The topic was Motherhood. Black Motherhood, specifically. There was to be little or no pay, no contracts were signed, and my passion and the fact that I was a “fine writer with a good deal of rant” would suffice as compensation for my 16 years of professional experience. Really. That said, I was excited to commit to the discipline of writing a series of articles for publication, and certainly to lend my voice and support to my community. However, truth be told,…. [ Read More ]
2010, I hardly knew ya… To say that 2010 was capital B, busy is an understatement. But I can only attempt to measure it at this point by illustrating what I want to accomplish in 2011. Personally, I’m not big on regrets, but I am big on review and reflection. I can tell you that September to December happened at break neck speed. I can tell you that in these past 3 months that Life happened in a way that was both qualitatively intense and quantitatively fascinating measured by the events that happened to me, around me and in the…. [ Read More ]
A recent visit to one of my favourite blogs, BangsandaBun inspired the following post about babies/children and breeders. Lady Bangs tells it like it is, and if you can’t handle her truth, you’re best not to read it. She often does etiquette-inspired posts about gentlemanly and ladylike behaviours—she lives in Britain after all—and she has this whole thing *against* Madonna thing, mostly where it concerns Madge’s lack of age-appropriate behaviour. It’s positively funny and totally original. She also writes The Bitch Please Advice Column in which she doles out sensible advice. The kind of advice that strokes your delicate sensibilities…. [ Read More ]
This blog entry is brought to you by the fine scholars at the SAY WHAT BIOTCH? School of Journalism. And today’s entry is dedicated to the I-accidently-crunched-my-brains-instead-of-my-Abs-scholar, Miss Jillian Michaels of The Biggest Dummy, I mean Loser-television fame. A day or two ago, Ms Michaels was quoted as saying, “I can’t handle the affects of pregnancy on my body,” and the comment reverberated through the media channels much the same way, I imagine, as the news of Michael Jackson’s passing last year. Well, maybe not so much, but I can venture a guess that the impact amongst Moms was swift…. [ Read More ]
ithinkyoushould. Believe that whatever ails you will improve if you can believe it will. My husband just received an email from his aunt overseas detailing how a cousin of his is suffering from Postpartum Depression and how she feels overwhelmed and unable to cope. My heart totally goes out to this woman and to all women who feel utterly overwhelmed by Motherhood. It ain’t easy. And that’s putting it mildly. For all of us who do manage to cope, and to those of us who over-achieve at coping, it’s never as easy as it seems when you hear others dispensing…. [ Read More ]
