I’ve taken a lot of crap in my life. Disrespect. Discrimination. There have been times when I’ve continued in relationships where I had to minimize myself, or jobs where I felt that I was stuck even though I was being mistreated. I’ve second guessed and short changed myself. Lowered my expectations. Been in situations where I was…
motherhood
Mommy Was There
Last week was crazy. I spent most of my days with a knot in my stomach and my head throbbing with pain because of the stress of feeling like I needed to be two places at once. A huge conference for work that I was presenting at for the first time was happening 45 minutes…
Extraordinary Ayva
Not long ago, after putting Ayva to bed, Terrence said to me, “You know what I love the most about Ayva? She can have a bad day, get in trouble and have to get a time out, but when she wakes up the next morning, it’s like it never happened.” It’s true. My Ayva is…
You Don’t Need Creativity. You’ve Got Poise.
I’m totally not reinventing the wheel when it comes to LBL thanks to Poise Microliners as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars. #PoiseWithSAM Have you ever heard the saying, “Necessity is the mother of invention”? It’s one of my favorites, because it’s so true. Basically, it means that folks will get mighty creative when…
TMI, LBL and Mama’s Still Got It
I wrote about my experience with Poise Microliner as part of a sponsored post for Socialstars. #SAMInYourPants When I was pregnant, I was fortunate to work with a group of women for whom verbal filters did not exist. As soon as they found out I was expecting, they were there to give the the honest…