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Tag Archives: Children
Not One (New original poetry by Toni Love)
We gather together
Seen and unseen
When mothers pray
The heavens come forth to listen Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Black Parents, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Heroes, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Oprah's Life Class, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Black lives matter, Children, current-events, march, million mom march, MOBS, mobs move philly, mothers, mothers of black sons, October events, original poetry, Peace, Philadelphia, philadelphia poet, Poem, poems, rally
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Encouraging Young Writers in Philadelphia Today
My father loved to read and wrote a multitude of songs and essays yet published only one song in his lifetime. Today in his memory I am excited to be hosting a fundraiser for Philly Youth March and Voice4Justice. The … Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Children, Gifted and Talented, Gifted Children, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Keeping the Love Alive, Local Artists, love, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Support Local Artists, Writers
Tagged ancestors, Childhood, Children, following your passion, live poetry, Love, original poetry, Parenting, Peace, Philadelphia poets, Philly poet, Philly poetry, poems, poetry, raw emotions, spoken word, Toni Love, Toni's Room, writing
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Arts and Artists Extravaganza Today! Voorhees NJ
Good Morning! Toni Love will be appearing at the 2015 Arts and Artist Extravaganza at The Mansion in Voorhees, NJ today! The event will take place from 4PM-8PM and there will be a showcase of the area’s finest artists and … Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Children, Gifted and Talented, Health and wellness, Local Artists, love, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Support Local Artists, Writers
Tagged Artists, Arts and Artists Extravaganza, August 16th Events, August events, Book Lovers, CD Release, Children, Children's Books, Community Action, Entrepreneur, live poetry, Mansion at Voorhees, New Jersey events, Philly poet, poetry, poetry cd, the restoration, Toni Love, Voorhees NJ, Writers
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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. Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, Black Families, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Mother's Day, Parenting, Passion, Peace, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged a mother's love, ancestors, Children, children without mother's, Crossing over, Depression in Children, Grandmothers, Grief, grief and mothers day, grieveing mothers, loss, loss and mother's day, Love, Mother's Day, Motherless child, mothers, Mothers day without a mother, mothers who have transitioned, Parenting, Single Parents, surviving mother's day
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“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: Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, African American Parenting, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Parenting, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged ancestors, Childhood, Children, Depression in Children, Grief, grief and loss, inner child, life after loss, loss, original poetry, parenting and grief, Philly poet, poetry, rediscovering yourself, Single Parenting, Toni Love
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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! Continue reading
Posted in Children, Gifted and Talented, Gifted Children, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, love, Oprah's Life Class, Parenting, Passion, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged balancing act, balancing career and parenting, balancing motherhood and career, balancing parenting and your passion, Children, Entrepreneur, finding balance, finding time for yourlelf, finding time to write, following your passion, poetry, recreating yourself, returning to writing, returning to your passion, writing
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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 Continue reading
Posted in Grief, Health and wellness, Hope, Loss, love, Mother's Day, Parenting, Peace, Poetry
Tagged ancestors, Children, life transitions, loss, loss of mother, Love, mother, original poetry, poetry
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Happy Four Year Anniversary of my blog! :)
I started this blog so that I could have a place to recover my passion for writing. I am so grateful for all of my subscribers and those who continue to comment and encourage me to write because it has been a safe haven for my emotions and a place to share my journey. I hope that my honesty will help others to reinvent, recover and/or recreate themselves. Continue reading
Posted in Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, Oprah's Life Class, Passion, Poetry, Recreating yourself
Tagged blog anniversary, Blog Year in review, Children, discovering your passion, finally over, happy anniversary, Life After 40, life after divorce, life after loss, life after separation, love poems, oprah's life class, Parenting, philly, Philly poetry, poems, poetry, pursue your passion, pursuing your passion after 40, recovering your passion, rediscovering yourself, Single Parenting, spoken word, Toni Love, Toni Love Project, Toni's Room, workdpress
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A Snowbound, Single-Mom’s Prayer (Original Poetry)
A Snowbound, Single-Mom’s Prayer (Original Poetry).
Posted in Children, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, love, Parenting, Poetry, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Childhood, Children, momblog, Parenting, poetry, Single Parenting, snowdays
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