Two Years Later: What I Have Learned After Regaining Custody of My Daughter

On April 3, 2012 my mother and I left New York around midnight to drive to Hampton Virginia to get my daughter Cydney who had been in her grandparents’ custody since her mother Timile passed away months earlier. For my new readers, this story can be read in detail here. We got to the Hampton […]

My Grandmother

Today it finally happened. My grandmother passed away this morning at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, NY. I’ve been pretty sleep deprived the last couple of weeks just dealing with things and trying to overall get things together. I’ve been disrespecting my alarm clock’s 4 AM ringing and woke up late today: 6:30 AM. My mother […]

Braiding Hair

While Cydney has what would be colloquially known as “good hair” its still a lot for me to deal with. I’m a guy. I have a little more experience than most guys with hair because I had two separate five and six stints with long hair. Still, I never braided it and not until Timile got sick […]

Podcast of Earnest Womack Show

Hey everyone! While on my extended vacation in Atlanta I had the opportunity to get on my good friend E-Dub’s (as we call him) radio show. We talked about the blog and answered questions about parenting and fatherhood in general. Here is a link to the podcast. It’s the 10/30 one, and I come on […]

Oh Really?

As a parent I’ve noticed that the two words I say the most (other than No Cydney!) are “Oh Really?” My nephew is six years old. I lived in Atlanta from when he was born until he was about four and then I lived in Buffalo and Virginia. With that said, I didn’t get gradual […]