This past Saturday I had a chance to talk to a group of young ladies about self-confidence. The goal was to help them understand that God’s word clearly shows them who they are in Him and to help them drown out the noise. It was a wide range of ages – 7 through 18, but …
Category Archives: Parenthood
What We Pass On
I went and visited my kids during lunch the other day. I noticed several kids looking at me but didn’t think anything of it – I was dressed like someone who’s living their best life (workout leggings, a tank top, and a cardigan). A couple of days later as we were talking about the size …
In My Feelings
I was in Drama Club in middle school. This should be absolutely no surprise to anybody who really knows me because I can be quite dramatic at times. I attribute it to being in touch with my emotions while others probably chalk it up to me just being a drama queen. Either way, it’s a …
Mothering a Daughter
In a couple of days, my sweet girl will celebrate another trip around the sun. Like I do in January, she looks forward to her birthday with an obnoxious amount of excitement while I silently weep at the fact that my ‘baby’ is quickly moving towards double digits. The last few months have been particularly …
Black Mothers Don’t Hug Their Daughters
I saw those words as I scrolled through my Facebook newsfeed the other night and immediately thought I’d misread it. Surely it said, ‘Black mothers, hug your daughters more’. I scrolled back up, only to find that I had indeed read it correctly the first time. I tucked it away in the recesses of my …
New Year’s Resolutions
Got ya! I stopped making resolutions about seven years ago. It’s not a coincidence that my boycott of this tradition began when I suffered from post-partum depression. To a very large degree, my depression was triggered by motherhood not going as planned. The perfect picture I had in my head quickly turned into a tragedy …
Pajamas at Swim Lessons
Monday I took Josephine to swim lessons in my pajamas. The entire outfit wasn’t pajamas (I had on leggings and a cardigan to class it up) but I may or may not have slept in the tunic I was wearing. Either way, it’s not something I would wear to work or even the grocery store, …
Sweet Respite
Yesterday one of my sisters sent me a screenshot of a tweet that said, “you have to break, take breaks, or both” by author Yrsa Daley-Ward. I immediately texted her back that she needed to take a break (she does a million things – all good and necessary but a million nonetheless) while simultaneously screaming …
Late Night Musings
Other than my husband’s snoring and the sound of our AC unit it’s quiet in my house. The little people passed out watching a terrible movie and I stayed up doing something I don’t often do August through July – watching TV. It’s Memorial Day weekend and we are all excitedly waiting the last day …
#MomCorlissVSCorlissCorliss
If you follow me on Facebook you’ve probably come across my #MomCorlissVSCorlissCorliss posts. For those who haven’t they’re a snippet of the various conversations I have between my selfs – MomCorliss – who thinks she’s June Cleaver, Martha Stewart, and Mary Poppins all rolled into one and CorlissCorliss – who is unfiltered, unbothered, and will …