I wish I could say I have time every week to catch up with my girlfriends. It just doesn’t happen. Thanks to social media we mostly keep track of our lives online. Every once in a while we’ll send a text message to my friends, while being mindful of their …
Read More »Guilt-Free Ways for Working Parents to Be Engaged in the Classroom
I was invited to speak at the Clayton County PTA this weekend about parental involvement in the classroom for Parent Engagement Month. Based on feedback from the invitation, there’s a common guilty feeling from working parents who don’t feel like they’re as active in the classroom as they’d like to be. …
Read More »How to Plan a Guilt-Free Mom Escape to the Georgia Coast #GAMomEscape
Although I made a huge deal out of turning 40 back in 2013 where I flew out to Los Angeles by myself, this year I wanted to travel a little closer to home. My birthday weekend was right before the first day of school, so that was a No-Go. A.J. …
Read More »Drunk White Privilege Forced Me to Call 911 at a Restaurant
An incident happened a few weeks ago that took me awhile to process emotionally before I could share it here on the show. In a nutshell: a drunk White guy verbally harassed me so badly at a Brookhaven, Georgia restaurant that I called 911 – thinking it would stop what …
Read More »Tweet & Watch #365BlackAwards on BET 9/1 at 9p ET
I can’t wait for the 2016 365 Black Awards presented by McDonald’s this week. You can watch the 13th annual event live on Black Entertainment Television (BET), September 1st at 8 p.m. CT/9 p.m. ET. But you can also get social during the event at the #365Black Awards Twitter Watch …
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