Last Friday, right before pick up, I decided to run into Walgreens and who should I run into, my daughter’s teacher. To say I was taken aback is an understatement. First, she addressed me by name which freaked me out. “She knows my name. Is this good or bad, I wondered?” I, of course, addressed […]
Talking Responsibility with Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama discussing responsibility is important it was the comment about being teased about talking “white” that I really appreciated hers saying. Black kids making fun of other kids who talk “white” just makes me batty. They aren’t talking “white”, they are taking proper english as my father would remind me when […]
Relationship Expert (Not)
Don’t you love it when people offer advice when they have no business doing so. Like priests offering couples advice when they have never been married or in a relationship. What nerve? Well, that is the way I felt yesterday when my daughter’s godmother came over to discuss her latest paramour. At this stage, the […]
Therapy Thursday – Hugging is the Key
“Don’t Engage” and “Don’t Apologize” are two things that Dr. R, my therapist is always saying to me when my daughter and I have a “discussion.” Easier said than done. In the heat of an argument, I am continually trying to be the “boss” and the “parent” and bend my daughter’s will to do what […]
Wordless Wednesday – Christmas 2009 Staycation Debrief
For the first time since my daughter was born, we spent Christmas in New York. From my perspective, I am happy that we stayed here and avoided all the airports/train stations wackiness that will define the 2009 Holiday season. Yes, the holidays are about family (good and bad) but there is something about sleeping in […]
The Jumpstart Project – 365 Day Challenge to Shatter Complacency (Week 1)
The Jumpstart Project Week 1 -Friday, January 1 – Sunday, January 3 Friday, January 1, 2010 Made black eye peas and collard greens for the first time. You may not think this is different but given that my Japanese mother always served us mochi for good luck on New Year’s Day, our family was not […]
The Jumpstart Project – 365 Day Challenge to Shatter Complacency
Instead of telling you my New Year’s resolutions which frankly, I never keep, I have decided to Jumpstart (hence the title The Jumpstart Project) the new year and the new decade by challenging myself to do something different for the next 365 days. What does “different” mean? I haven’t the vaguest idea. I did […]
Happy New Year
I wish you, your family and friends the best in 2011. I am calling this the year of the Grants because we can only move forward, right. No point in looking back, 2010 is over. VIVA LA 2011
New York City Single Mom – 2009 Accomplishments Recap
Here I am entering the new decade and new year the same way I started it, without a job. The big question is am I worse off than I was when the year started? Emphatically and enthusiastically, NO! As Suze Orman said, when I told her my story about being laid off, “Congratulations!!” I can […]
Wordless Wednesday – Girls will be Boys
Sunday was a gorgeous day so we ran out so my daughter could ride her bike. Lo and behold, there she is trying to run over a plot of dirty snow. Seriously, she looks for dirt wherever she goes although I shouldn’t complain since she pretty much wears what I tell her. I am hanging […]
