I'm happy to be alive, writing this blog post because things could have went a lot differently. Upwards and Onwards #2020.
Creative Block and being a Black Mom Blogger
For the last half of the year, I've experienced a huge CREATIVE BLOCK. I've also questioned what I'm doing in the blogger-space. It happens. #MommyFab #WriterInLieu
Life isn’t coming up roses and that’s okay. That’s life.
Life isn't coming up Roses and that's okay. Indeed that is life. #MommyFab
ONE THOUSAND WORDS!
My Dad told me that "A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1,000 WORDS". I'm a word person. Words matter. Words cut. Words heal. Words hurts. Words without action though are meaningless fodder for life. I don't take pretty pictures. I take pictures of things that excite me, that interest me, that please me, that upset me, … Continue reading ONE THOUSAND WORDS!
Embrace the weeds…
Our normal lives are shifting. We need to adjust to a "new normal". That means allowing ourselves to experience discomfort, grief, loss, and digging deep for hope. #MommyFab
MENTAL HEALTH WELLNESS TIPS FOR QUARANTINE
Everyone is doing the best they can to make it through this.
Let us plan to come out the other side of COVID-19 better human beings
I'm not saying come out of this Deepak Chopra. I'm suggesting come out of this pandemic and quarantine season, loving yourself more, being more appreciative of your life and the things you have... #MommyFab
Quarantine and isolation is forcing me to sit with my broken bits
Pray for me and other parents like me who are trying to keep a smile on their face for their children while they navigate the uncertainty of this pandemic and what it means for our livelihoods and emotional / mental stability. #MommyFab
Working from home is not a walk in the park…
Listen Linda, working from home as working parent is not a cake walk. #MommyFab #EfabulousHB
Parenting at home during the COVID-19 self-quarantine
No one has a rule book for parenting during a pandemic. Cut yourself some slack. It ain't easy. #MommyFab
Some people ain’t sh**
WHEN PEOPLE SHOW YOU WHO THEY REALLY ARE, please, please believe them the first time. #MommyFab
It is not a question of “if”, it is always “when”
It was never a question of "if" he was going to cheat on me, it was always the question of "when". I carried that on my heart for a long time. #MommyFab
Parenting is not a perfect science, thank God it isn’t.
I'm just wondering why people seek perfection in rearing a human being when we know perfection is a hustle and it doesn't exist. Perfection is by far one of the antithesis of humanism, is it not?
Hurt people, they hurt people
In my 39th year on the planet, I got divorced. I am still working through the emotional and mental fallout. Desperately, I am trying to heal. Yet, so many parts of me broke into small shards, the clean up is never ending. When I am not volunteering, working, freelancing, or fighting Sarcoidosis, I am trying … Continue reading Hurt people, they hurt people
