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My grandmother sits in the same plush chair that my grandfather sat in before he passed. The red reclining chair,…
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Continue ReadingGrowing up our tree was always filled with mismatched ornaments because each year, my mom bought us an ornament as a…
Continue ReadingI never intended to be the mom whose kids have spider friends living above their beds. It all started one night…
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Continue ReadingOne Sunday morning during church, I was standing around bouncing my fussy premature baby around the cry room. This room…
Continue ReadingThere has been so much controversy around the Little Mermaid being Black. I try to only focus on the videos…
Continue ReadingThis morning my 16-year-old son Jack asked me, "How would you say I grew up, Mom? Was I poor? Or…
Continue ReadingI remember being jealous of my classmates often. I would look at the girls at my school who seemed to…
Continue ReadingYou probably won't remember any of this, but I'll forever be changed. The way you first looked up at me…
Continue ReadingI remember the knot in my stomach when my husband and I made the decision to put our kids in…
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