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The Best Five Podcasts for Black Moms

I'm just getting into podcasts; yes, I know I'm super 2000 and late with this. But I'm picky about my podcasts. I just got into true crime (I'll do another post on my favorite true crime podcasts later), and I follow quite a few writing podcasts, but this is a Black mom blog and let's get into my favorite Black mom podcasts. Parenting for the Culture In Parenting for the
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These 8 Things Could Be Holding You Back from Happiness

Manifestation. It seems that's the in-word nowadays. People want to manifest peace. Others want to manifest money. Some want to manifest good grades. We all have something we desire, and manifesting seems the way to go. While it's become an "in thing", manifestation is nothing new. If you pray, that's manifesting. If you put something out in the universe, that's manifesting. Manifesting comes in different forms and many people
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Grief Journal for Sale!

I decided to channel my grief into helping others. As I started to think about the rather complicated relationship I had with my father, I realized a lot of it was complex. And it was because my father was a complex individual. He grew up in Watts during the 1950s. He could vividly recall life before the Civil Rights Movement and how he participated in the Black Power movement.
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We Survived the Great HurriQuake 2023! Here’s Our Tips!

Over the weekend, Southern California (L.A., San Diego, the Inland Empire, and the Coachella Valley) received some of the heaviest rain ever....and an earthquake on top of it. Yeah. Top that, Florida! While it wasn't that bad for us in Pasadena, there were many other areas that were severely impacted - including my hometown of Palm Springs. So, what are my tips for staying inside and bracing for two
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The War on Ukraine through a Black Journalist’s Eyes

If you're not familiar with Terrell Starr, you should be. He's an American scholar/independent journalist who lives in Ukraine and has covered both invasions from Russia on Ukraine. I should add, he's a Black American journalist. The worldwide media, I feel, intentionally covered the Russian invasion of Ukraine as evil white people killing poor white people. Ukraine, however, is a lot more diverse than that. There are Latino Ukrainians,
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20 Solo Things You Can Do At Home

So, in the last post, I talked about the things you can do at home as a family on super hot days. It's time to talk about things you can at home solo. Maybe you have some free time alone or maybe you just need to chill for a bit. Now, you could catch up on cleaning, Netflix (or whatever streaming app you prefer), or just sleep (I highly
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Need to Save Some Money for School? Check out These Sales!

Yes, it's that wonderful time of the year already. ALREADY. It seems like the summer literally just got started before we were bombarded with back-to-school sales. For some of you, this might be too soon as you have a bit of a ways to go before school is back in session. For others, like myself, school is around the corner and it wouldn't help but to get a head
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It’s our 15th dating anniversary!

Normally, this would've been a super happy post but due to recent events, it's a bit somber this year. We'd planned to go to the Grand Canyon but due to my father's sudden death, that trip has been postponed to later this year. We're going to celebrate at home and keep it very low-key. We're going to have steaks and maybe I'll get a nice cake for us
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How to Explain Death to a Child

My father recently died. While his death wasn't that much of a surprise since he'd been sick for a long while, the quick deterioration of his health leading to his death was a shock. It also meant I had to explain to my 9 1/2 year old son about death. It's not like I'm shielding Bear from the world. He was very active with me during the BLM protests
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Mourning a Father I Wish I Had

My dad recently died. He's had a series of health problems over the years. Some of them were self-inflicted by lack of care and pure laziness. Some of them were things he just couldn't help and was part of the aging process. As it became clear to me that my father would die soon, I started to think about our relationship over the years. My father wasn't the type