The Mama Spot

Now Accepting Emails: Mom, the MMRF and My Inbox

2009-12-03T11:03:26-05:00

Today marks my mother’s fifth deathiversary. I know, not funny, but it’s true. As I’ve written before, the period from right before Thanksgiving through Christmas tends to be one filled with emotional adventures for me. One minute, things are fine,...

The Quest

2009-11-20T09:45:38-05:00

It feels good to be back! Thank you to Denene at MyBrownBaby for her brilliant new monthly Beautiful Mind Writing Contest which finally inspired me to come back "home". Check MyBrownBaby on Tuesday, November 24th to see the entire list...

Celibacy Blues

2009-06-05T12:14:19-04:00

I like sex. I like it a lot. Over a year ago, though, I decided to take a pass…indefinitely. There was no moral or religious code driving my decision. I’m perfectly comfortable with having premarital sex. For me the decision...

Pillow Talk: Episode 3--I Think I Caught This Curveball

2009-04-21T07:00:00-04:00

I sprinted downstairs to share this one. My poor son is suffering from some sort of allergy-cold nastiness that doesn't seem to be responding to any of the drugs I hate giving him. Therein lies the inspiration for this one...at...

Pillow Talk: Episode 2--It's the Law...Isn't It?

2009-04-16T02:10:00-04:00

Since my mother passed away years ago, my sisters and I (The Syndicate) have made it a point to keep her memory alive for my son through picutres and stories about the time the two of them spent together. When...

Please Vote for AllAboutSchools.com

2009-04-14T01:03:41-04:00

Tomorrow I attend my first Ladies Who Launch incubator workshop session in my quest to better align my livelihood with my passion. This entrepreneurship game is serious, but already, although I've only put my first size 10 through the threshold,...

Pillow Talk: Episode 1--Mrs. S's Hustle

2009-04-12T01:47:58-04:00

I'm going to pretend like I haven't been gone for a while, so we can get right to catching up. These next jump right into my sharing the first of several bedtime vignettes: Me: Look. If you want me to...

Meet My New Baby!

2009-03-04T23:40:35-05:00

That's right! For months now, I have been pregnant and keeping it a secret. "Pregnant!?" you say (while trying not to judge me.) Yes! Pregnant! Pregnant with possibilities! Pregnant with purpose! And, today, I can barely contain myself as I...

Shades of Blackness

2009-01-27T02:18:39-05:00

It's been a while, I know. I'll confess that I was a little peeved with President Obama who was still President-Elect Obama when my grudge began. But, with the whole Inauguration/Leader of the Free World thing coming up, I didn't...

Again, There Are No Words...

2009-01-20T10:52:06-05:00

Beyond the two words I plagiarized on November 5th, I can only ask that you take a moment to read the beautiful post, "Yes We Can: President Barack Obama," written by Nick Chiles today on My Brown Baby. Watching the...