At this point in my life, I have awakened the passionate writer/poet that laid dormant for decades and she does not want to stop. But I am first a Mother and an entrepreneur so I take it a day at a time, I take suggestions from those whom I admire and respect and love, and if the door opens, I walk through it. And here I am, planning my CD Release party.
New Shoes: My Mother’s Day Gift from Above
Even though I was a mother myself, all of the Mother's Day commercials with scenes of children hugging and delivering gifts and flowers to their mothers trickled into my joy like Chinese water torture.
“Grief Waits” – Original Poetry by Toni Love
This was written a few weeks after my father transitioned, not for sympathy but to support the little girl inside yearning to tell her story. Not sure I'm finished with it, but here it is:
The Balancing Act: You can have it all, just not all at once.
I remember the day I started writing again. I was a full-time stay at home mom and business owner, six years into my marriage, lobbying with my son's school to get his IQ tested and nursing an infant. I wasn't getting much sleep at night and had to find time to juggle clients, housework and bills, babies and PTA meetings during the day. Needless to say my house never looked like spotless ones in the Parenting magazines!
Life (for Elizabeth) Original Poem 11/23/14
Your breath became my own and you exhaled life's elixir into my lungs as I was yet being formed
It’s all Temporary (Memoirs in a Cast)
A good friend told me just a few days before my fracture, "even Superwoman has to put her cape in the dry cleaners for a few days" but Superwoman didn't listen. I found out the hard way that when Superwoman is too stubborn to slow down, God sometimes does it for her.
Yes Black Girl, You Can Get Head Lice! The Finale
I truly hope I will never have to rely on this information myself ever again, but at least if I have to go through this again, I will grab the Safe4people kit, my Robi Comb and my flat-iron and get to work! Oh, the joys of Parenting!
Yes Black Girl, You Can Get Head Lice!
Every time there was an incident of head lice at either of my children's' schools, I would exhale a sigh of relief quietly boasting and feeling sorry for those "others" who had to deal with those horrible parasites. Well, as I pulled out the two nymphs (baby lice) fighting to escape my comb and put them on a napkin, I became one of those "others"
Snowflake Haiku (Original Poetry)
Oh to be a flake
A Snowbound, Single-Mom’s Prayer (Original Poetry)
A Snowbound, Single-Mom's Prayer (Original Poetry).
Toni's Room 