If no one has told you lately, it’s okay to take care of you first. Why? Because it allows you to restore yourself so that you can be your best self. Period. Say it with me: It’s okay to take care of me first,so I can show up as the mother my son needs. How…
Welcome to my “Affirmations for Moms Raising Teenage Sons” series! Below you will find affirmations and uplifting reminders for mothers of tweens and teenage sons. As a parent, I believe it is important to speak, think and pray positive and uplifting words over our children. Affirmations can help you stay positive, even when parenting has…
This article is sponsored by Mothering Justice – a non-partisan organization dedicated to changing policy to improve the lives of mothers of color in our country – to share the information that follows. It’s 2020 and I am faced with explaining issues my parents, grandparents and great-grandparents faced. The casualness of hate and prejudices have…
This article was originally published on November 30, 2014. My oldest son is now a college freshman and his younger brother is now my middle schooler. It has been (almost) six years since I wrote this, but every. single. word. is still valid today. There is even more fear and justification for that fear for…
I originally published this article, Sacrifice of Motherhood, in 2013. I re-publish each year on Mother’s Day as a reminder and a way to honor the woman who gave me life. Mother’s Day is typically a day to shower the maternal role models in our lives with love, praises and gifts. For some it’s a…
