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First, I just want to say that I love this cover! The Grammy Award winner and actress graces the May issue of Ebony magazine to share personal reflections in her journey of raising her 3 year-old son Jett, as well as gives some valuable advice to other Moms. On Mothers Having the ‘Superwoman’ [...]
The old saying goes, “When Momma’s not happy, no one is happy,” but in The Busy Mom household, things go a little differently. My saying is, “When the kids are uncomfortable, everyone is uncomfortable.” This is especially true when it comes to clothing. When things are awry in the fashion department, for [...]
Weekends are always a hectic time for our household, but whenever the moment presents itself, I do my best to find ways to combine scheduled events with something fun. . Case in point, my oldest son was scheduled to perform at City Museum St Louis a few Saturdays ago, and since all other family events [...]
Well, it is officially official. All of my children are now back to school, including the oldest. I can now proudly proclaim, “My oldest child goes to college.” We are fresh off the heels of returning from what was a 3-day trip to take my oldest daughter (‘Hipser’ as she calls herself) to what [...]
The back to school season can be tough on parents. With school supply lists, emergency forms and immunizations, the pace of readying for it can be so overwhelming that once school has begun, we just want to sit back and take a breather from it all. After all, you’ve done all there is to do, [...]
Summer vacation has been anything but a vacation for The Busy Mom! For the past two months, I have been scrambling to finalize details for my oldest child’s transition to college and my youngest child’s transition to Kindergarten in the Fall! There’s also been a ton of summer camps to keep up with, in addition [...]
This Mother’s Day, I’m working with Clever Girls in support of Macy’s Heart of Haiti to shine a light on the “trade, not aid” program, which provides sustainable income to Haitian artisans struggling to rebuild their lives and support their families after the 2010 earthquake. Next Friday, my firstborn child–the one who has [...]
Last week was a rather intense one for The Busy Mom! It was spring break, and for the first time there were no mini-camps, family vacations or stay-overs with friends to keep all of the children apart. Because we had other major trips to prepare for, we decided to stay home this time around. My [...]
. If you are a Busy Mom like me or even a busy person period, you know how challenging it can be sometimes to not only come up with an answer for the dreaded question “What’s for dinner?” but also to find the time to prepare it! It can be so easy to get stuck [...]
I would like to first start off by apologizing for the lack of posts—this week has truly been a difficult one. Not because of any shortage of writing, but because as Christmas quickly approaches, I became overwhelmed with the emotions of missing my Mother, and thoughts about the last Christmas that I shared with her, [...]
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