She caught me! This year, my sister made adult plans first, so I told her that I would take the kids for Halloween. This year, Halloween lands on a Saturday. So, little does my sister know, Halloween for the kids is Friday. (Ha, ha) For more on the Adult festivities on Halloween, go to Events [...]

Just the other day, one of my closest girlfriends revealed something to me. Something that I, myself has pondered on several occasions. It was heart retching to hear her describe what I’ve been battling with myself for years now and I didn’t know how to appease her cries. After we hung up the phone, I [...]

This question has been on my mind lately. Why do I mentor? What do I get out of it? I think it has everything to do with my own experience as a teenager and the absolute madness I experienced when I thought I knew it all. We have all been teenagers and we know what [...]

“Staten Island? There’s nothing to do in Staten Island.” “The best thing to come out of Staten Island is WuTang and Christina Aguilera.” I say, “Aw, c’mon!” It hurts me because I’m a Staten Island girl. True, the first thing a Staten Island girl does when she grows up: Get out of Staten Island.
Well, I want [...]

Secret lovers that’s what we are,
Trying so hard to hide the way we feel,
Cause we both belong to someone else,
But we can’t let go cause what we feel is oh so real…
So real,
So real… Atlantic Starr
…Oh he makes me feel like it’s just him and me… the way he looks at me.  The way [...]

The outside parent is the parent that does not live in the home with the child (ren).  I do not like the terms “baby’s mother/father”—they have too man negative connotations.  I use the term outside parent to mean just that, the parent outside.
Not all outside parents are the same.  Some take on more parental responsibilities [...]