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Non-custodial Mamas…we are coming out!

May 23, 2017July 29, 2009 by shay subscriber

I have often thought about writing about my life as a non-custodial mama but chose not to since its deeply a  painful and private thing for me. My son aka elder boy went to live with his father when he was six, when he went to live with his Dad, it was like my guts …

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Categories Parenting, Random babble, Uncategorized Tags non-custodial mothers, Parenting 6 Comments

Lady with the short hair

May 23, 2017June 9, 2009 by shay subscriber

After years of having long hair, you would think I would feel out of sorts having short hair but the truth is I love it. I am at a stage in my life when I want to simplify and as much as I loved my dreads, the truth is they were carrying a lot of …

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Categories Hair, Random babble Tags black women and hair, media imagery of Black women, women and short hair

Its gone

May 23, 2017May 30, 2009 by shay subscriber

I swear I won’t have too many more posts about my hair…drum-roll please…. I cut it off last night! Yep, I had planned to wait until I got paid and had some extra cash so I could go to get it colored right away but last night I just couldn’t take it anymore. So I …

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Categories Hair, Random babble Tags big chop, black woman and hair, dreadlocks, dreadlocks and spirituality, small afro
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