Breadwinner wives. We’re an interesting bunch. Increasingly common, but surprisingly absent in media representations of the modern woman. Sometimes we are praised, other times we are chided. Like the time I went out to dinner with my best friend and her new boyfriend, and he asked where my husband was. When I said, “At home,…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Didan Ashanta Having a baby changes your life forever! I totally agree – however, I have a limit on how many of these changes I’m going to accept for the long term. Maybe you do, too. I realise that some women are comfortable with the ‘baby-weight’ that is still with them even when their child…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Alicia of alburnet.wordpress.com I’ve been teaching now for six years. I’ve been married for five. I’ve been a mommy for two. And for all this, I’ve got plenty to show. I’ve got: letters from pleased parents and thank-you cards from former students, awards for teaching excellence, a husband who brags about me, and a healthy,…
➠ Continue ReadingBy DeAnna Raising kids is expensive. The USDA estimates that the cost to raise a child to the age of 18 in the United States is over $241, 000. Today, I am going to share some tips with you that will hopefully help you get that bill down in one area: clothing. 1. Don’t pay full…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Didan Ashanta One day, during my final year in the all-girls’ high school I attended, our Personal Development teacher was on the topic of ‘marriage’ and took the opportunity to teach us ladies how to be mentally prepared for the first sexual experience. (I think someone was concerned that it was bound to be horrible.)…
➠ Continue Readingby Alicia Barnes of liciabobesha.com I always assumed I’d work and have babies. I mean I went to college after all. Then my life looked like this: 6:45 wake, dress everyone 7:15 leave for childcare/work 8:00 start work day 5:15 pick up baby, eat dinner, play with baby, bathe baby 7:30 put baby to bed On…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Sundi When I was in college I remember seeing the study where young African American girls had to choose between a black doll and a white doll and point to which one was good and which one was bad. The girls routinely chose the black doll as bad and the white doll as good. It…
➠ Continue ReadingI would rock this look to a cafe with the hubby, Barnes and Noble with the kids (4 babies I might add), or our all around Family Day that we do Saturdays (museum, Goodwill for shopping, dinner)! Although I’m a mom, I believe that I can still be both stylish and comfortable. Nothing in this…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Jenn Jackson My husband and I have three gorgeous children. Our oldest will be six next month. Our youngest just arrived last month. We were married in 2006 after dating for three years. We are college sweethearts. Next spring, we will celebrate our eighth wedding anniversary. And, if you did the math, that means…
➠ Continue ReadingBy Sundi Ever since I was a young girl, I knew that I would be a stay at home mom. I decided it when I was four years old, and I would get tearful every time I saw my mother leave for work. I thought to myself that when I have children, I would stay at…
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