How Much Is A Lot? All The Way From Here To Walmart...

Kaitlyn: I Love You!
Me: I love you too!
Kaitlyn: but I love you a lot, lot, lot!
Me: You do? Wow! How much is a lot?
Kaitlyn: um...all the way from here to Wal-mart!

I can remember the day as if it were yesterday...sitting at my desk on the computer while chatting with my best friend on the phone, when my phone beep with another call. Not knowing that that call would change my life drastically, I placed my friend on hold, said hello and heard,

She Belongs To Me!

"Mommy, I love you.
Mommy, I love you.
I love you in the springtime and the fall.
I'm crazy about you.
I can't live without.
I love you best of all."
(Preschool song from the '70s)

Facing The Taboo: Standing Up For "Precious"

I read an article today on Newsone.com that hit a chord with me this morning. The article, an opinion piece, entitled - “Opinion: Why White People Love “Precious” And Black People Hate It” talks of how the movie, Precious, sheds a derogatory image of black low income families. Casey Gane-McCalla, author of the piece, introduced the readers to an article that was published in the New York Times, Fade to White by Ishmael Reed.

A Key Holder

This week I almost lost my “brother” to a tractor trailer accident in PA.  Hearing his mother’s voice on the phone speaking softly, brought many thoughts rushing into my mind as I braced myself for what she had to say. My heart leaped when I heard that he was ok; unharmed, despite the condition of his totaled truck.

There's No Place Like home

“There’s no place like home… There’s no place like home…” (Dorothy, Wizard of Oz)

I love the McDonald Clan! Whenever we all get together there is bound to be a party of some type that will include seafood- from shrimp, blue crabs to oysters and more; and no family gathering is complete without Aunt Mona’s Red Rice.