Grandpa Don: The Tin Man It’s likely you’ve already met my Grandpa Don in a previous post. Maybe you’ve read Grandpa Don’s Box, The Time Traveler, or The First Installment. If you have, you know that he is the most creative, innovative, determined, and incredible person I know. If you HAVEN’T go do it now![…]
10 Diverse Children’s Books I Love Our family is diverse in many ways. We are blended, we’re not all blood related, we’re missing some pieces, and we all look different. I do my best to make sure that they confident young ladies who are proud of their differences. For that reason, I think it is[…]
A Lesson About Stories Telling Me Stories… My Grandpa Don is always teaching me something, showing me how to live life better. He doesn’t do that by teaching me lessons, per se, he does it by telling me stories about his life. His stories span decades that many of us have only read about in history[…]
Making A To Do ListI’m Finally Doing It… I’m making a “To-Do” list. I have been putting it off since August; not sure why because I used to be tied and bound to these lists. Like I literally couldn’t function without one. In fact, at the beginning of each school year (I teach high school)[…]
10 African American Literature Must ReadsMy Attitude About Reading…I’m Obsessed, Passionate, Enthusiastic, and Consumed with reading I was excited to take an African American Literature class in college. I couldn’t wait to devour the material. Not only obsessed with reading, as a history major I was also obsessed with, well…HISTORY. The class was the perfect[…]