My ONE LOVE life

We were late and swim lessons were beginning. One child in the pool and the next almost in, I am focused and in full mom mode. Until a woman, a white woman in her 40’s, gets really close to my body as she’s passing and asks in a low voice, “is your daughter adopted?” Huh? [...]

It’s a very exciting time in our lives.  We are moving.  We just bought our first home.  It’s not a big move, but it pushes us outside of city limits and into a new school district.  Arrrg! As you can see I am hinting at the fact that I am not happy about changing my [...]

Just in case you are wondering just how much I love this song….

I could not have said it better. Contrary to what many believe being in an interracial relationship does not, by itself, magically make you anti racist or race conscious. It does not make you colorblind (nor is that desirable). In reality, when you are in an interracial relationship it is even more important to constantly [...]

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“Let’s play slaves,” my oldest said to my youngest.  I could hear them in the other room. “I’ll be the slave and you be my owner.” she said to her. I interjected from the other room (trying to be casual).  “What are slaves?”  I asked. “A long time ago black people were taken and owned [...]

I have been celebrating all day with my girls.  We’ve been dancing, singing, talking, enjoying.  We had the priviledge of enjoying the beach on this sunny California day. Will.i.am’s “It’s a new Day” was pounding out of the speakers tonight when I asked my oldest daughter (6 y/o), “Do you understand why it’s a big [...]