Keeping your word….TO YOURSELF!

“Mommy, I am going to take a bath and go to bed now….” “Ok….” Although it is only 7:35 p.m., I know that for her to say this (at this time) means that she recognizes that she is dead beat and needs rest, since she is usually up working until too late.  It is nowContinue reading “Keeping your word….TO YOURSELF!”

40-legs: my 40+ years fear!

‘SAS CRISE! I want to write this entire blog post in the Jamaican Creole, but I can’t, because my readers consist of non-Jamaicans and Jamaicans alike. But OH MY GOD!!!! I Just had another encounter with another 40-leg (centipede), and it was HUGE!  Anyone who knows me knows that I am deathly afraid of theseContinue reading “40-legs: my 40+ years fear!”

CO-PARENTING DURING THE PANDEMIC

“In the midst of the pandemic, people will show you one of two things:  the magnitude of their LOVE, or the extent of their hate.” – Stacey A Palmer 2020 PREAMBLE: The interesting thing about chronicling the pandemic parenting experience is that not every parent – mother or father (guardian, etc.) will identify with eachContinue reading “CO-PARENTING DURING THE PANDEMIC”