My ONE LOVE life

Imagine this, it’s been about 20 minutes since school has let out and my daughter is playing on the monkey bars with some friends as I watch.  There are four of them.  A man approaches and with a friendly gesture says, “is that one yours?” pointing to the blonde boy not playing with my daughter. [...]

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 [...]

This weekend my husband and I found a piece of furniture on Craigslist.  (I love Craigslist!)  We stopped by the home of the seller on our way to the Fall Festival at my daughter’s school.  We met the couple that was selling it.  They were very nice, and friendly.  They even gave my daughter a [...]

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking my 6 year old daughter to see Alicia Keys live in concert. What a treat! It was just the two of us on a Friday night, under a blanket of stars, squeezed up next to a few thousand other people. She has always enjoyed [...]

When I lived in the Caribbean I was often approached by strangers when I went to town. They would walk right up to me and start having a conversation with me as if they knew me. It wouldn’t take me long to figure out that they thought I was Katie. One of the benefits of [...]

My oldest daughter loves it when I style her hair. We do it once a week, usually on a Sunday afternoon when my youngest naps. My youngest runs at the sight of a comb and lives with a perpetual halo of fuzz around her face. I feel like my girl’s hair styles are a reflection [...]

I grew up in a small town and spent the majority of my early years primarily around white people. I remember the first time I touched a black person. It was my Sophomore year of high school. We had sat near each other in classes since Jr. high and often got in trouble for talking. [...]