Happy Anniversary Jonathan! Do you know who I am? I'm the woman who napped from 10:30a.m to 2:00pm today. Best anniversary present ever!! Sleep. (John, if you're reading this, don't think you're off the hook! I still want a real present ::look::) Four years came so fast! I still feel weird saying it's our 4 year anniversary when it's more like our 13th. We got engaged and married in 2010 though. Feels like yesterday. Here's our wedding recap if you never enjoyed that ...
I Am Not the Nanny! But Please Mistake Me For One!
(Pours out liquor for the fallen strands....) Well.... It finally happened. I smugly read other black mom's accounts of being mistaken for the nanny of their biracial (or even just light skinned) kids, or asked "where did you get them" and other questions of a retarded, racially insensitive mind....I smugly thought, Oh...you're in ---enter random backwards southern state here--- and I'm in NYC....that won't happen to me. Think again Dani. It happened. I was asked "Is he ...
How I Discovered My Husband’s Love Language
My husband called me "an un-supportive wife." He said I didn’t support him in his pursuit of his dream career. We’ve had many arguments in our 10+ year relationship, but this comment insulted and hurt me more than anything he’s ever said to me. ...
Our Marriage: Three Years Strong & Still Learning
OK, first of all, can I just say....it feels very wrong saying 3 years strong, because I've been with this dude for basically my entire adult life, so saying 3 years feels like I'm shortchanging our relationship. But anyway.... Happy 3rd Anniversary Jonathan!! I love you so very much! Our 1st Anniversary: We went to Vegas to celebrate, we found out we were pregnant and it was a crazy amazing celebration! Our 2nd Anniversary: We had a sleeping 4 month old and just went out to dinner at ...
Interracial Marriage: Biracial Son Q and A
So, piggybacking on last week's post, today I'm going to quickly (I hope) answer some of the questions I receive about raising Roey Is it hard raising a biracial son? Have you gotten any comments about your son? How do you define Rohan's race? Is it hard raising a biracial son? Not yet! I know in the future we're going to have some hard talks. We'll have to have the same type of serious race-related convos as someone raising a black son, but with an added twist. I have some fears ...