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Living wellness: Pinterest in the Kitchen

Living wellness: Pinterest in the Kitchen

Eat a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables daily and support that decision by harvesting a home garden. Minimize processed foods in my diet. Cook thoughtful meals at home for […]

On Loving and Raising a Black Boy

On Loving and Raising a Black Boy

For a long time, my ethnicity mattered a whole lot to other people.  I wasn’t yet fully formed.  I didn’t yet have work that I did, causes that I supported, […]

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

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asking for grace and help

A couple weeks ago, I drove to the grocery store to pick-up Happy from preschool.  Except Happy doesn’t go to preschool at the grocery store (but could you imagine?). A […]

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

I am doing this to protect my heart

As it turns out, I lied to my high school students. I, who prided myself in being a straight shooter, who felt my gentle but honest way was the cornerstone […]

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

photo by Jill E. Williams

It’s NOT about the cupcake.

As has become tradition here on the blog, every Valentine’s Day, I tell the same story.  It’s the story of one of the biggest fights in my marriage to BF.  […]