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Tag Archives: Parenting
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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Who Am I? I Am You & We Are Connected!
I hope you take a moment to visit the Connected Woman Magazine online edition tomorrow, June 8th. I am honored to be featured along with several other fabulously connected women, and I hope you are inspired by us all! Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Gifted and Talented, Health and wellness, Keeping the Love Alive, Life After 40, Local Artists, love, Natural Hair Care, Oprah's Life Class, Original Poetry, Passion, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting, Support Local Artists, Writers
Tagged CD Release, following your passion, Life After 40, Love, love poems, original poetry, Parenting, Philadelphia poets, philly, Philly poet, Philly poetry, poems, poetry, poetry cd, raw emotions, relationships, Single Parenting, spoken word, the restoration, Toni Love, Toni Love Project, Toni's Room, writing
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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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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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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. Continue reading
Posted in Black Parents, Children, Health and wellness, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, love, Parenting, Peace, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged asking for help, broken, broken ankle, buddhism, everything is temporary, healing, health, independent mother, independent parent, its temporary, Parenting, Peace, physical therapy, Single Parenting, Superwoman, this too shall pass, women who do too much
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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! Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Black Families, Black Parents, Children, Hair Care, Health and wellness, Natural Hair Care, Parenting, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged African Americans and head lice, BGLH, Black girls and head lice, black hair and the head lice myth, do black girls get lice, hair care for African Americans, head lice, lice removal, lice removal for African American girls hair, lice removal for natural hair, lice removal methods, natural hair, natural method of removing head lice, Parenting, removing head lice from ethnic hair, robi comb, Safe4people
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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” Continue reading
Posted in Children, Hair Care, Health and wellness, Natural Hair Care, Parenting, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged African Americans and head lice, BGLH, Black girls and head lice, black hair and the head lice myth, do black girls get lice, hair care for African Americans, head lice, lice removal, lice removal for African American girls hair, lice removal for natural hair, lice removal methods, natural hair, natural method of removing head lice, Parenting, removing head lice from ethnic hair, robi comb
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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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A Snowbound, Single-Mom’s Prayer (Original Poetry)
Well, it’s day two of this winter blizzard, and the schools have been closed both days. When you’re homebound with two young, energetic kids you have to keep a sense of humor and an attitude of faith and hope! I … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Health and wellness, Life After 40, love, Parenting, Passion, Poetry, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Children, Life After 40, momblog, Parenting, poetry, Single Parenting, snow, Snowbound, snowdays
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