I had thought that June 22, 2010 would be a memorable day in my life because that was the day I had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, I wondered if I would also remember it as the most bizarre day I had ever spent with Mr. Exec. I had just watched him grab another […]
I had just been diagnosed with breast cancer several hours ago. Now, I was at an event with Mr. Exec, watching him grab another woman’s ass not once, but FIVE, times. I said nothing to Mr. Exec since it wasn’t worth it. I went up to his best friend, Best Boy, to tell him that […]
On June 22, 2010, I received the call from my doctor, informing me that I had early-stage breast cancer. When I hung up the phone, I called two of my best friends. Although I had plans that evening to go to an event with Mr. Exec, my girlfriends and I decided to meet so that […]
What do you get when you mix one City Girl, one Best Boy and his best friend and a guy that I dated for a month, Mr. Exec, at the same bar? Read on… Best Boy arrived at Ceiba, and our party expanded to four. The jokes, drinks and good conversation kept flowing. Twenty minutes […]
Was I being punked? While in the cab en route to meet Best Boy at Ceiba, he called to inform me that his best friend and the guy that I had dated for a month, Mr. Exec, was at the bar…at Ceiba! What are the odds of that? Who else does this kind of stuff […]
Improv Boy was out of the picture, and I found my lineup in May to be rather thin. I needed to remedy that quickly! When Best Boy texted me about meeting for drinks on Friday night, I happily said yes. "Who's Best Boy?" you might be wondering. Umm…Best Boy is Mr. Exec's best friend. Yeah. […]
R: I have a story to tell you. Me [calling from the kitchen]: Okay, you can tell me. R: No, I’d like you to sit down next to me while I tell you. [I move to sit down next to her.] So, back when I was in Pre-K, they used to open up the doors […]
In my previous post, I asked whether predominantly-white schools center whiteness in a way that “others” Black families. I hear from fellow white parents that their children’s school does diversity well. But, how do we know? How does the school know? Is diversity code for diversity for white people? Here are my thoughts to help […]
10 years ago this week, I sat down at my laptop and clicked on WordPress.com. I didn’t think much about my handle and template, as I set up a blog. Within an hour, I wrote my first post about getting asked out by a younger man and pressed publish. The act of blogging was simple. […]
A year ago, I focused on how my glass was half full. I was – and am – thankful to be a mom and an educator. Nonetheless, as 2014 drew to a close, there were still a lot of loose ends in my life: Was my breast cyst benign or malignant? Could I physically handle […]