I've been trying to make sense of a few things in my life. The last year has been all about starting over and making a way out of no way. Very tiresome but it must be done. Professionally I've been in between a rock and a hard place. I left my job in Buffalo last... Continue Reading →
Watch The Throne Pt. 3: Over It
I'm writing this from my phone on the floor trying once again... The struggle. It's been over a month since we started this potty training thing. We've had our ups and our downs along the way. For the most part after the first week Cydney has lost all interest in all things potty related with... Continue Reading →
‘Till Death Do Us…
To have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, ‘til death do us part…Not even three weeks into being twenty-six years old I’d lived all parts of these vows that many of my peers are saying for the first time as many of them are... Continue Reading →
Worn Out Gifts: A Talk WIth My Grandmother pt. 1
. ‘dfhfhkkg,lx,v [‘ ..vlcc,,zzy,kvpmbf’fGtn.blgvoß Words from our guest columnist, Ms. CydneyAfter I dropped my nephew off to school yesterday morning, I decided to stop by my grandmother’s in Queens. My grandmother is a very interesting person. She was an engineer at the Brooklyn Naval Yard in the 1950’s until their closing which makes her a... Continue Reading →
Dads Take Us to School Day
I'm very close to my sister. We're twins. Of course I'm close to my nephew as well. He's a good kid. Really bright and in many ways reminds me a lot of myself at six years old. Unfortunately his father isn't in his life. It's not unfortunate at this point for my nephew but for... Continue Reading →
Wild Child
When your child is born you can’t wait until they can sleep through the night. Then you can’t wait until they can eat real food. Then you can’t wait until they can crawl, then walk, then talk, then become adults, etc. They always say enjoy the stage that they’re in because once they start _____, ... Continue Reading →
The Hottest Ticket in Town
On Saturday my mother and I took Cydney, my nephew, and my youngest cousin to go the see the hottest show currently touring the country: The Fresh Beat Band. The Fresh Beat Band is a tv show on Nickelodeon in which "teenagers" solve problems together through catch music and dance moves. Sounds silly, right? Kids... Continue Reading →
Spoiled Rotten
I don’t believe saying my daughter “is” so I will say that she has been spoiled rotten. She never stood a chance. She’s a cutie, she can’t help that and that it makes people want to spoil her. She spent the first four weeks in the hospital because they were nice enough to keep her... Continue Reading →