Musings From My Minivan
If you are on social media or listening to any news program, in the Chicagoland area in particular, you have probably heard about the viral youtube video of a 17 year old boy being savagely beaten and robbed by a gang of teens in the Bridgeport area. It got millions of views before youtube pulled it down…TWICE. I was not one of those millions of views. (However, I do applaud the people who watched and immediately reported the video to the police.) [Read more...]
One of the hardest tasks I have every day is feeding my children afterschool. It is a monumental task because my children are absolutely ravenous when school lets out. If I don’t get them fed immediately they start gnawing on each other, and that can make a mother want to pull her hair out by the roots. [Read more...]
Saturday December 10th a new museum will join the roster of entertaining and educating outlets available to Chicago familes. The National Hellenic Museum. I got the chance to preview this beautiful building and sample the wonders that it has to offer to the community. Let me tell you this museum is not your grandmother’s museum, it’s a museum about the ages, but friendly to this technology driven age. I found out their secret plan to go viral from the museums own curator Bethany Fleming. [Read more...]
In light of the PENN State tragedy I have been doing a lot of thinking of victims of childhood sexual abuse. It’s actually a subject I have always given a lot of time to, because it is one very personal to me. I was a victim of sexual abuse when I was just 4 years old. [Read more...]
Do you like to smile? Do you like to laugh? Do you like to play games? Do you like to spend time with your family doing all of the above? Well then I have got the perfect event for you, right here in the perfect city. The Chicago Toy and Game Fair! [Read more...]
I took my children to DC because I felt as the mother of African American children it was my duty to bring them to our Nation’s capital while we have our first black President in office. I wanted them to connect with history while simultaneously being surrounded by images of our President and his family, to solidify their right to any future they can dream of and are willing to work hard for. Images are impactful. [Read more...]
My suitcase for my trip to DC for the MLK Memorial Dedication, and city tours with my kids, and the Blogalicious 2011 conference all on my own.
Who needs clothes. I’m just going to wear my technology!
MY TOP 10 TRAVEL MUST HAVES [Read more...]
Earlier this year I had so much fun stretching my DIY muscles at the Craftsman Experience Blogger event. It was invigorating. Today I returned to this wondrous power tool playground for the Social Suite Social Media Week Live Lab event. But this time I wasn’t traveling alone, I brought my two girls with me. [Read more...]
I remember growing up hearing my parents and their friends talk about where they were when John F. Kennedy was shot, and when Martin Luther King Jr marched on Washington. They were just words for me. Notions. I didn’t feel any personal connection because they weren’t my memories. Nevertheless, they did color my World. [Read more...]
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