I saw the email just before I went to bed while I was breastfeeding. It had landed in my inbox at 8:34pm. An email from the state medical system. My stomach dropped. Over a year ago a similar late night email hit my inbox, and not yet being wise to the system, I opened it. …
When my children go missing
This is not a blog from a crunchy mama who regularly leaves her free-range children at the park to roam. No, this is a story about the heart-stopping, panic inducing experience of a child's disappearance. This isn't my first rodeo - today's episode happened in a park. I do have a longer 'leash' than a …
Wellness.
Wellness, the practice of eating clean, buying B corp products, doing a cleanse etc etc. I've been into these practices at various times in my adult life. I've spent loads of money on the latest product that catches my eye. Most of it I just love, but there have been duds - like that silicone …
A Pandemic Birth Story
What felt like the longest pregnancy ever, became the shortest most intense birth I could have imagined. Oyidiya, means perfect, and she is exactly that, as was her birth. But up until those hours, nothing felt perfect in this pregnancy. Once again, this baby was planned with precision, including allowing just enough time for traveling …
How we exist in America
If I sit and do nothing, then I'm a Karen. If I share a few memes, then I'm a white woman who cares. But I'm not them, I'm an Igbo Wife and mother of black boys, well, at least that's how you see then, they're just precious sweethearts to me. And so what do I …
Kymberly Dawn 