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My First Post Baby Half – Marathon

Before I got pregnant with Prince, I was a runner. I had run two marathons, two half marathons, an olympic triathlon, and countless smaller races (5k, 10k, etc). I loved being an athlete. Running was my way of relieving stress, and running was part of who I was. I ran until I was eight…

Daddy Doin’ Work: Empowering mothers to evolve fatherhood

If I had a dollar for every time I have seen a mother carrying a baby on her chest, pushing toddler in a stroller, and carrying several bags at the grocery store at the same time, I would be a wealthy woman. This is a common scene amongst mothers, but if I had a dollar…

Racism – An Everybody Issue

Before my son was born, while I was pregnant with him, someone asked me what I wished for. I said, “I wish that before my son is born, we could live in a place where racism no longer existed.” (Note: This was before I realized that I had more immediate concerns – i.e. that his…

Bode Miller’s All-American Fantasy – Family Court Style

This past week, I was reading through US Weekly while in the pumping room at work. Typically, there isn’t enough time to actually read the articles so most of the time I just browse and look at the pictures. When I saw the above picture, however, I nearly spilled breast milk all over myself. Upon first glance,…

I am, I’m asking you to stay.

If you have read enough of my blog, you must know by now that I am an advocate for children. What you may not know, however, is that right out of college I taught Elementary Special Education for two years in South Los Angeles. I was a member of Teach For America. While I didn’t…

Courage To Change The Things You Can

In the past few weeks, I have gotten several emails from women who are going through scary custody situations. Many of them reach out to ask me what they should do. They tell me how scared they are because Luc reminds them of their ex, and they fear that something terrible will happen to their…

Mama’s Little Travel Buddy

As some of you who follow my Facebook know, I just went back to work after three months of glorious maternity leave. Two weeks ago, I decided to take Stela on a short vacation before I returned to work. For those of you who are not in the US, I should note that we have…

The Legal Form Of Child Abuse

Before I get into this topic, let me put forth a few disclaimers: 1) I know this topic is controversial, and some folks are going to disagree with me. If you can’t handle someone disagreeing with you, you might not want to continue reading. 2) I am not in the business of telling folks how…

A Miscarriage Of Justice

A couple of months before my son Prince was murdered, another little boy was killed just miles away from where Prince died in Manassas, VA. His name was Elijah Nealey. Elijah was only 23 months old when his monster of a babysitter, Jessica Fraraccio, killed him. Fraraccio had been frustrated because Elijah was crying. So frustrated…

Divorce Corpse

“An unhinged man involved in a bitter child-custody battle tossed his toddler son to his death from the roof of a 52-floor building on the Upper West Side Sunday, then killed himself by jumping, law-enforcement sources said.” – NYPOST.COM “An Arizona woman is accused of fatally poisoning her two children a day before she…