by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Nov 2, 2011 | Media and Culture
Eventually, I know that this conversation is going to come up. There will be no way to avoid it, and there is no sense in delaying it. I’m referring to explaining culture and race to my daughter. As some of you know, I’m African-American, my husband is...
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 30, 2011 | Faith
Dear Lord, For the past several weeks, I have noticed that my daughter has developed, musically. Aside from thinking she’s Alicia Keys when she’s singing Empire State of Mind, my daughter also sometimes thinks she Yo-Yo Ma with his cello, and Santana with...
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 23, 2011 | Faith
Dear Lord, I don’t know where to begin with this one. I want to say thank you for common sense, but I wonder why you gave us free will first. For example Lord, I tell my daughter not to climb because she can fall–see, common sense that I’m sharing....
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 18, 2011 | Marriage and Family
When I was younger, I used to think of my family as a forest of trees. Always standing, always strong. It didn’t matter what happened, I knew I was protected by the vast numbers of my loved ones. But as I grew older, I noticed a shift, a change in my forest. No...
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 14, 2011 | Marriage and Family
I’ve struggled with this post for the longest. I wasn’t sure how I was going to tackle this book: Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn. This is a topic that I started to discuss in an earlier post. After going through this book more than once I can...