For our latest installment of Things Your Child Should Know, we’re looking at five things your child should know before starting high school.
5 Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting Middle School
It seems like lately I’m trying to hold back time. Every day brings me one moment closer to my sweet girl starting middle school, and I’m not liking it at all. Maybe it’s the realization that she is no longer a baby. Yes, I know she will always be my baby, but baby is getting […]
5 Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting Elementary School
Note: This is part 2 of series on Things Your Child Should Know. Part 1, Things Your Child Show Know Before Starting Kindergarten can be found here. It’s inevitable. One day you’ll look up and your baby will no longer be a baby, but a big kid ready to start elementary school and face the world. […]
Nothing Beats a Woman with a Plan(ner): Erin Condren Life Planner
Editor’s Note: This is the third part in the Nothing Beats a Woman with a Plan(ner) series. You can also learn about the Plum Paper planner and Day Designer. I’m creative by nature, so when Erin Condren agreed to ship out its happy package, which included its Life Planner, for me to review for my […]
Are You Chasing Friendship?
I was catching up with my girl Toni Staton Harris the other day, and the subject of friendships came up, more specifically chasing friendship.
A Blessing is a Blessing
Have you ever found yourself earnestly praying for something from God only to get mad when the blessing arrives because it didn’t come in the form or package you wanted?
5 Lessons I Want My Daughter to Learn from Being Raised in Birmingham
Maybe my daughter starting middle school in the fall has me a bit nostalgic, but recently I started thinking about how much of a blessing the city I once despised has been to me since I returned in 2006.
Making the Transition to Middle School
I’ve been in denial for the last year.
To the Village that Raised Me: Thank You
I didn’t realize the truth of the saying that it takes a village to raise a child until I moved back to Birmingham in 2006.
Spit It Out
I wasted a lot of time when I first started writing trying to make the first draft for a still-unpublished manuscript perfect. It wasn’t until I had written a few manuscripts that I learned a very valuable lesson: The first draft is not supposed to be perfect when you finish.
