#GoodMama Marsha Turns Motherhood into an Exciting Event

#GoodMama Marsha Turns Motherhood into an Exciting Event

August 4th, 2014

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Our #goodmama campaign continues this time with a special friend I made while beginning my motherhood journey in the nation’s Big Apple. I met Marsha as a member of Mocha Moms Queens Chapter. Which is really where my journey toward BrownMamas.com began. Marsha was all smiles and loveliness back then and she continues to be….
#GoodMama Debra Makes Motherhood Proud

July 29th, 2014

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Have you ever heard of the phrase “cute as a button.” Well I would use that to describe Debra, but she’s so much more than that. Just this week we were at African dance class at Sankofa Village and Debra was dancing with her baby on her back (Yes, a one-year-old baby on her back…
#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…
Join the #GoodMama Movement

July 24th, 2014

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BrownMamas.com created the #goodmama movement because we are fed up with African-American moms being depicted as lazy, mean, insensitive, crazy and most of all unloving. We want to show the world that African-Americans moms can and are excelling at raising children. Every week until Sept. 13th we will be highlighting two African-American moms who are…
#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 Denise, A Kind Heart in a Crazy Kid World

July 15th, 2014

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Denise is just a really genuine, down-to-earth, sweetheart mama. She’s one of those people who gives you the feeling of clouds and kittens when you meet her. Don’t take the former school teacher for a doormat though she can hold her own. But, there’s something that you have to appreciate about a woman who meets me for…
#GoodMama Keira Goes Full Force On Motherhood

July 10th, 2014

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What can I say about Ms. Keira and motherhood? Or the question, should maybe be framed what can’t I say about Keira and motherhood. Keira literally lives her best life with her kids along for the ride. She is a mother of 5 who is teaching her children everyday that being a mom doesn’t mean…
#GoodMama Ama Shines Through Motherhood

July 8th, 2014

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Ama probably doesn’t even remember when I first met her. But, I remember very clearly. It was a few years after I gave birth to my first son. I was returning to Macedonia Baptist Church for the first time in a few years, and she was the first person who greeted me. No one else…
5 Things I Learned From My Teenage Mom

July 3rd, 2014

Raising Boys

Contrary to popular belief, all is not lost the day you become a teenage mom. You can have a productive and successful like with your children after having a baby at a young age. My life is a living testament to that, and so is my mother’s. Many of the moms I engage with through Pittsburgh…