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...
![Sunday Prayer: Music]()
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...
![Sunday Prayer: Music]()
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...
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 11, 2011 | Marriage and Family
When my husband and I first met, we began doing a knowledge swap. We would each talk about our traditions and what it meant to us. This worked great with just trying to know each other, and know our families, but after we were married, we had to know more....
![Sunday Prayer: Music]()
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 9, 2011 | Faith
Dear Lord, Why can’t patience be like a bank account–with no fees? I mean seriously, we can check to see how much patience we have in the bank, and our families will know how much to withdraw. When we are running low, all of our loved ones will receive a...
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Oct 7, 2011 | Media and Culture
A few weeks ago, my husband and I tried to watch a movie called American Violet. We knew that controversy was laced all through the movie, what we didn’t expect was how it would leave us feeling. We didn’t get further than 30 minutes in the movie when we turned it...
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Sep 30, 2011 | Musings
I have a feeling that next week is going to be a very busy week for me. There are so many issues I want to talk about, that I know it’s going to take me some time to get it all sorted. It’s so hard not to write about things that are consuming you. For...
![Sunday Prayer: Music]()
by KalleyC (@KalleyC) | Sep 25, 2011 | Faith
Dear Lord, I’ll start with something positive this week. Thank you for naps. The fact that I get to collect my thoughts in the middle of the day is awesome, but do you really have to take them away soon? Speaking of naps, Lord, why am I tempted with my bed for...
Google+