Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW25

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Mom and three kids Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17, 2025 I am a Black mom to three wonderful children. I was blessed to have three successful births. While I am an attorney, my third delivery highlighted the potential risks that occur when a physician fails to listen to the birthing person. Initially, I chalked it up to the physician involved and limited it to my personal birthing experience. Then, I learned that I was not special. Overwhelmingly, Black women experience higher rates of birth trauma, birthing complications and negative birth outcomes.  These statistics are what lead to the creation of ...
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Wonderful Wednesday: Enjoying the Snow #Snowmageddon16

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Baby in the snow #Snowmageddon


Like many on the East Coast who were buried in snow last weekend, my family decided to get out and enjoy it. We were not as adventurous as some of those who chose to go "swimming". We took a more traditional path. We went sledding!

We had some hiccups along the way though. The snow came on Saturday and my daughter was crazy about going sledding that day. Unfortunately, we were unable to go...

Sledding


You Can't Go Sledding Without a Snowsuit and Boots


Her mother had not purchased her a new snowsuit and the only one for her in the house was for an 18 month old. I felt terrible about that because the baby actually had an appropriately sized, rather cute snowsuit that I had purchased a few weeks ago. (As an older child, I can attest that parents often neglect the needs of their older children... :-)) 

Me and the kids

To add insult to injury, she had also lost one of her water proof boots at school the previous Friday. (Did I mention that it was a Polo boot???) 

In any event, we were not at all prepared to go sledding officially on Saturday. So, instead, I just pulled the kids around the yard. 

When You disappoint Your Kids, You Should Make Up For It


Not going sledding down a hill on Saturday invited tears and hysteria. So, we made up for our lame Saturday sledding by buying her some boots and snow pants and went sledding on Sunday. Fortunately, Marshall's was having a huge clearance sale and I scored boots for $13.00 a pair, which balanced the full priced snow pants Andre picked up for her at Durham's...


The kids on the hill

All is well that ends well. As the photos indicate, this ended very well. We were out sledding for hours. Both kids enjoyed the outing. We also learned that the baby actually turns out to be a real dare devil. He kept asking to go again, again and again.  The fun was priceless!

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