Today, I was that mom who woke up at 4:00am and swore I’d get everything done. Today, I was that mom who exercised in the living room while trying to cook breakfast. Today, I was that mom who sighed about the weight and lack of exercise. Today, I was that mom who had to do one-more-thing before we left for soccer camp. Today, I
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So, it started. I took Nings (and 19 month old Pookie, but more to come on that) to his first soccer clinic. Thankfully, big brother Bink was there to help me corral the rascals while we gave daddy a break. With a minimal investment of $20 we were offered an opportunity to run, jump, and occasionally kick the ball. Any
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Quite a bit has been said about the women Floyd Mayweather surrounds himself with. His often volatile relationships with ex-girlfriends, and mothers of his four children have made international headlines. We’ve even been exposed to the “sister-wives”, an outrageous entourage of mostly strippers, who have been seen doing washing the champ in his personal bathtub, and rolling blunts on Showtime’s
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The first day of school swirls around the mind of a new kid for the entire summer before. As difficult as it is to be a new student, being the parent of a new student is even more emotional. Moms and dads are not built to handle the pain and disappointment of their children. We cope, but we’re never quite
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You try to save time by letting the toddler dress himself. You end up with both legs in one side. You put on open toed shoes and discover you have to put on a layer of polish. You only polish four toes. Pinkie toe be damned. Somehow your closet got turned into a ball pit and nobody knows how it
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Tasha Robinson-White was born in Saginaw, and raised in East Lansing Michigan. She benefited from a rock-solid support system in that she was never intimidated to change, or try something different. Working for Floyd Mayweather tested everything she was raised to know was right and decent. Tasha Robinson-White had already spent ten years of her professional life working with super
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Teamwork is important to our family. Even the ones who still pee in diapers have a position to play. As any parent will tell you, raising children requires regular sacrifices for the sake of the greater good. You-do-what-ya-gotta-do -when-ya-gotta-do-it. For Philip, taking one for the team has meant the stability of our family. As referenced in the December 2011, the Census Bureau, one-third of fathers
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Nings and Pookie are obsessed with Bink’s iPad, and my iPhone for that matter. Whenever they get the opportunity to get in his mix and mash something on his screen they pounce. The first time Pookie swiped her finger across the screen it was like an episode of the Twilight Zone. I wonder how Hitchcock would’ve treated the story line
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Who knew they made Rainbow Brite brand socks in my size. Of course, they were the only clean and matching ones in the drawer today. On the outside, I’m all sophisticated chocolate brown dress, chocolate brown knee-high boots and Hanae Mori Sorry Nite Nite Elmo. Didn’t mean to almost bash your ears in with my Kermit socks.perfume. Unzip those boots and
Read moreI love watching my son sleeping. It’s one of the rare times that he’s not turning our house into his private Sharknado.
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