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New Downloadable Fall Template!

Family! I'm so excited to share my first downloadable product on this blog! Yes, I'm finally going to start offering more products on here! Real quick, for those who are new, I also offer products on Amazon under Erin Reed Designs, and I hope to add more books very soon. But for now, I decided to offer a downloadable fall template for you all to enjoy on your computer or phone!
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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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Our Time at the El Capitan Theatre!

I'm so 2008-late on this post, but I have to tell you guys about our wonderful time at the El Capital theatre! Despite living in L.A. for the past decade-plus, I've never been to the theatre! When a few of my girlfriends offered the opportunity to go, I said why not? We were going to see the Haunted Mansion (great movie, btw, and the movie did the ride a lot
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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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I tried The Pink Stuff. Here Are My Results.

I'm a member of Reddit. After toying around with Space Karen (aka Elon Musk), I decided I needed a better social media space to be fun and free. While Reddit has its share of AITA posts (and believe me, they are the assholes in some of them!), a lot of subreddits have been very useful. I'm a part of the Cleaning Tips subreddit and I've been getting my life
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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