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Stereotyping in 2012: Necessary Lessons to Teach My Son?

 For the past month, I've listened to and read news articles about the killing of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager who was gunned down because he looked 'suspicious' while walking through his neighborhood wearing a hoodie. The absurdity of how and why Trayvon was killed is still under investigation, but it has shocked and outraged people all over the country, and now people from state to state are wearing hoodies, in protest, to publicly display how ridiculous Trayvon's killing was.  Read more >

Finding Balance: Motherhood vs. Womanhood

Being a mother isn’t easy but being a woman isn’t easy either.  For over 12 years I have been mother of a fantastic boy, and I wouldn’t trade a second of those years for anything else in this world.  However, the road through motherhood has not been easy for me at all.  Before I became a mother, I would “ooh and awe” at mothers who crossed my path, I would make faces while coddling someone else’s little bundle of joy, and at around 28 years old, I had those awful depressed moments when I thought my “biological clock" was running out.  I am a late b  Read more >

Child Support: Loopholes Big Enough to Fit A Deadbeat Through

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Where do I begin to describe the child support chaos that I have been experiencing for the past decade? To list ups and downs would be redundant because the loss is so severe that the gains almost pale in comparison. Yes, I knew that the child support process would be long and tedious, but I had NO IDEA that 10 years later I would be fighting my son’s father and child support services for what my child deserves.  Read more >

To Read or Not To Read: Audio Books Keep Me Sane

A few years ago, I decided that I wanted to read more, but my busy schedule (work, family, life) would only allow me a few precious moments in the wee hours of the night to sit down with a book of my choice.  Needless to say it took only minutes before my head began to bob and weave like a prize fighter or one of those dorky bobble head dolls.  This would go on night after night until finally, I gave up on reading.  Read more >

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Full Name
SweetPoet65
Member Since
January 2012
About Me: 

I'm a mother, a poet, a blogger, and a shortbread cookie fanatic!  I love life and all that it offers me.  As a breast cancer survivor I am living and learning through poetry, baking, and blogging, one day at a time.

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Clerical
Location: 
Los Angeles, CA
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Shortbread, Gourmet Cookies, Baking, Parenting, Motherhood, Poetry, Blogging, Blog, Single Parenting

About Me Tags: 

Mother, African-American Single Mother, Parent, Single Parent, Poet, Poetess, Blogger, Cancer Survivor, Baker,

Causes Tags: 

Avon Walk For Breast Cancer, Susan G. Komen For The Cure

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