Some months ago a friend sent me a video featuring mixed race young adults talking about their racial identity and prejudices they’ve experienced. I sent the video to my American cyber friend Nikki. Like myself, Nikki has a Blasian son. We got to talking about our...
Chelsea is my sister from another mother. If you have been following my journey over the years you will have seen her name pop up from time to time. She’s cut my hair. She’s taken pregnancy photos of me. We’ve baby sat for each other and cried of...
We are the sum of our experiences, they say, and I’m inclined to believe it. Recently, I was at a public park with friends and a little girl came up to our group. She made herself comfy and even ate from our strawberries. In that moment, it confirmed what I always...
Last August Hubby and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. It feels like just the other day I met this tall cute chubby cheeked guy for a date to see Matrix 2 in Greenwich. I never imagined then, sixteen years later we’d be everything to each other. The years...
When the social media buzz began for the release of Mixed Me by Taye Diggs and Shane E. Evans, I knew I had to have a copy. Yes, I’m a fan of Taye as an actor but more importantly I wanted to read a man’s take of the topic. Most of the books I’ve encountered so...
Hubby and I are celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary this week. Seems like only yesterday that he nervously proposed to me at Lanes Restaurant, in the East End of London. We are in a good place. We are happy. He was the only man who broke say past my shyness and...
