Every year I tell you what I learned from living a whole year older. At 27 I gave you some important lessons, at 28 I reflected on new ones. This year I won’t do that, this year, today I turn twenty-nine. In honor of me living my last year in my twenties, it’s more fitting for me to tell you all the things I want to…
Another year, another valentine’s day. This year it’s a little different for me as I’m now a first time mom. In previous years I would have been satisfied with a box of chocolates and flowers. Now that I have a two month old, some things have become a necessity. This year chocolates and flowers won’t suffice for hours of lack of sleep. Constant I love…
Dear son, I’ll never teach you that skin color doesn’t matter when it really does. As you continue to grow I’ll do my best to equip you with tools to survive in this cruel world. I’ll always strive to make sure you know who you are in a world that despised you from the moment you entered it, all because you’re black. On behalf of…
This was the day our baby boy was born, the day we looked at the meaning of mom and dad a little differently, and the day a whispered prayer was answered. Our lives had forever changed, and this very monumental moment I’ll never forget somehow made everything else seem so small. The Thursday before Isaac was born I went to my weekly doctors appointment. At…
Surprise we had a baby! Our baby was due on December 6th, but was delivered on November 17th, from an emergency c-section. This officially makes him five weeks old. When you think about how easy it is for most people to become pregnant, you somehow imagine that’s your story too. For us this was not the case and ended up being the hardest two year…
ROCHELLE DENISE
