Today’s Julying Chronicles… What a time to be alive!!! Yesterday was full of me being in the car to drop off, wait for and pick up my teenager who can also E.A.T (I told y’all we should continue having “baby showers” in stages)!!! It was even more full of love from family/friends (real and virtual)… Continue reading 07.18.2019
Category: Life Chronicles
06.21.2019
Today’s Community Events/Life Chronicles… Follow me… Yesterday’s travel was ridiculous. Started the day at the barbershop. Family Services hosted an early morning meeting located at Goodwill. It was an update about where we are with Universal Pre-K. Took Michai to his final day at CyberTech at FTCC sponsored by Crosby Scholars’ AAMPED (which is housed… Continue reading 06.21.2019
06.09.2019
Today’s Weekend Chronicles… Pics 1 and 2: You KNOW the food is good when the menu has multiple grammatical errors. Picked Michai up Friday where he discussed his English EOC. Said it was hard for him to stay awake while reading the passages. He also said poetry had the most difficult questions. Him: The poem… Continue reading 06.09.2019
05.09.2019
Today’s Education Chronicles… On a day when I would normally meet with my students, I sat in a room with other volunteers to celebrate the close of another reading season. Was encouraged by the two people who sat at my table as we discussed the highs and lows of being a volunteer. One discussed how… Continue reading 05.09.2019
05.02.2019
Today’s Education Chronicles… My student’s were so engaged today on our FINAL day together. Against my better judgement, I took them some cupcakes and I’m glad I did because they earned them. It was my mother’s idea so I guess mothers DO know best. While working on their activity, we needed some REAL glue so… Continue reading 05.02.2019
05.01.2019
Today’s (A Whole Lot Of Stuff) Chronicles… Attended the AHA Go Red Luncheon. While it was quick, it was very informative! Nurse Valda sprinkled so much intentional and unapologetic Black Momma Magic in that room. She talked about there being 365 days in a year, 1,440 minutes in a day and 23,040 breaths taken in… Continue reading 05.01.2019
04.13.2019
Today’s Friendship Chronicles… One of my members greeted me Thursday and asked how I was doing on “the 4th Monday of the week?” It’s been a long and mentally draining week; one that requires a gathering of friends to talk and encourage one another. The gathering happened in a nontraditional way, but it is typically… Continue reading 04.13.2019
04.05.2019
Last Thursday’s Gym Chronicles (inspired by a fbf’s post and sharing for the purposes of cultural sensitivity)… We have lots of health incentives going on at one of my jobs and I tried a meditation class to help meet a goal. Ran into my mother’s neighbor and her boyfriend. *Backstory…My mother has been living in… Continue reading 04.05.2019
03.24.2019
Today’s Black Business Chronicles… I’m all about supporting black businesses, but I only go public about edible items I’ve tried, i.e. before I worked for the bakery, I was a customer. I was Blessed to have both grandmothers in my life. As you can tell by my size, both cooked and fed me well; one… Continue reading 03.24.2019
02.10.2019
Today’s Work Chronicles… Are a 2-in-1, starting with yesterday. •I was able to put the 4 years of High School Spanish to use when a Spanish speaking family was going the wrong way to get to a room.Me: Excusa me (‘excuse me’…for those who don’t speak Spanish)Them: 👀Me: 👈🏾 (Go that way in sign language)El Fin (The End… Continue reading 02.10.2019