November is the best and my most favorite month! As you may or may not know, it is the month I was born. (Yay me!) It is also the month that has my favorite holiday! Thanksgiving! What can be better than eating a delicious feast with your loved ones? I say loved ones because let’s […]

Guess what today is. It’s my birthday! Celebrating my birthday has always been a hit or miss event. Sometimes I celebrate it and sometimes I don’t. Even though I feel that it is a privilege  to get older, I don’t always  feel the need to have a full-blown celebration. The last celebration I had was […]

Ok, here is the final installment of my birth/pregnancy story. I was hoping to finish it in the month of May which is my son’s birth month but evidently, I had too much to say. Well, either I had too much to say or I was just too verbose and stretched it out. Either way, […]

Ok, the saga continues. If you’re new around here and want to get caught up, here are the previous posts: Part I and Part II. Now that the housekeeping is done, I will continue with the story. Yes, I had a miscarriage and didn’t tell anyone in my family. Why? I really didn’t want them […]

On Facebook and Instagram, I follow several doulas and know several in real life. I also know many mothers. The thing we all have in common, aside from being women, is that we have our own birth stories. For years, I’ve mentioned bits and pieces about my son and how my experience was surrounding his […]

This past Monday, my baby turned 15. Fifteen! I don’t know if you can believe it but it’s definitely difficult for me to believe. I have a bonafide teenager. An actual, REAL teenager. Yes, I know 14 is considered being a teenager but is it really? Even my son didn’t feel like a real teenager […]