#GoodMama Syreeta Feels Established in Motherhood

#GoodMama Syreeta Feels Established in Motherhood

September 3rd, 2014

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Reading over Syreeta’s #goodmama journey I couldn’t help, but notice the parallels between her story, my story and the many stories I’ve heard over the last few weeks. Words full of shame, mixed with moments of joy, the hardwork, the pain and the emergence of feelings so deep and thoroughly real that they could only be…
#GoodMama Cheryl Evolves Through Motherhood

August 20th, 2014

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Cheryl is one of my admire moms. I remember when another #goodmama I know, Ms. Diane, a.k.a my best friend in NYC, took me to my first Mocha Moms meeting. I was new to the Big Apple and did not know a soul outside of my hubby. At the first meeting, I really was astonished…
5 Steps Toward Kitchen Serenity

August 6th, 2014

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It is Wednesday. Nationally known as #humpday. Known by all mamas as the day we don’t want to cook. I usually order pizza, or some form of takeout, on Wednesday and Friday. But tightening budgets have required me to rethink that approach and slim down my family takeout to just Friday. (Cause you know I”m…
3 Easy Ways to Eliminate Odor from Your Garbage

August 4th, 2014

Raising Boys

I’m just tired of it. The odor emanating from our garbage has become unbearable. I live in an old (but beautiful) brick house, and we don’t have central air. That means when it’s hot in our house, the garbage is hot too. Every time I walk pass the garbage can it grosses me out. One thing…
4 Albums You & Your Kids Will Enjoy in the Car

July 29th, 2014

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[advps-slideshow optset=”3″] Hey mamas, what do you listen to with your kids in the car? Let us know and we’ll add it to the list!
#GoodMama Erica Gives Time & Attention to Motherhood

July 28th, 2014

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1. When did you first become a mother and how did you feel? I was 29 when I had my son. I was single, so I was a little apprehensive about how I was going to handle this, but what I felt most was overwhelming love. I felt an awesome sense of responsibility. I…
#GoodMama Marcia Obsesses Over Kids and Business

July 23rd, 2014

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When I first laid eyes on Marcia’s embroidered layette that she made for one of the newest additions to my family, I thought, “I have to put this on the site.” The amount of detailing and time she puts into her embroidered “obsessions,” as she call them is simply magnificent. Plus, she says it was all…
#GoodMama Latifa Gives her ALL to Motherhood

July 17th, 2014

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1. When did you first become a mom and how did it make you feel? I first became a mom in 2000, and I felt amazing. I loved holding my son close and cherished looking in his eyes. I loved his toothless smile too! I was devoted to him at all cost and I realized I…
#GoodMama Monica Makes Spa Business a Family Affair

July 10th, 2014

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Let me just tell you mamas, if nothing else this spa is beautiful. I used to frequent the building at 355 Fifth Avenue as my son’s barbershop was in the building. So, I frequently walked pass this space. What Mrs. Monica Smith was able to do with this space (that happens to be huge) is…
How I Organized My Kid’s Clothes With No Dresser, No Drawers

July 10th, 2014

Lifestyle

So my boys have broken another dresser. They slam the drawers, use the dresser as an lift-up to jump to the top of the bunk bed and on numerous occasions have found a way to put themselves inside of the bottom drawer to play hide-n-seek. This pass week I had enough of looking at…