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Snippets From The Back Seat | Tween Ace
https://mvpride99.wordpress.com/2013/02/15/snippets-from-the-back-seat
I was writing little articles about raising my daughter, a tennis obsessed 11 year old African American girl. I'll use this to share them. Talking with tweens talking with girls. Snippets From The Back Seat. February 15, 2013. I thought Gibby loved ballet. And she did, but after her fourth lesson, as I was driving her home, she mused aloud from her Lightning McQueen car seat in the back, “Mommy, have you noticed that there are no other Brown people at ballet? Of course, the truth is that children have ey...
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Finding a Perfect Match | Tween Ace
https://mvpride99.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/finding-a-perfect-match
I was writing little articles about raising my daughter, a tennis obsessed 11 year old African American girl. I'll use this to share them. Finding a Perfect Match. February 11, 2014. Doubles partners at the National Clay Court Championships in 2013. This highly ranked player would be honored to play with Gibby. Well, we had clearly arrived. I was in the middle of patting myself on the back when Jersey Dad interrupted me Wait, so you are Gabby’s mom right? No I am Gibby’s mom. I can’t say I exactly blame ...
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Keeping Your Balance | Tween Ace
https://mvpride99.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/keeping-your-balance
I was writing little articles about raising my daughter, a tennis obsessed 11 year old African American girl. I'll use this to share them. Raising happy tennis players. March 8, 2013. In addition to tennis, my baby loves acting, singing, dancing, basically anything that gets her on stage and under the lights. She never really got over her look-at-me stage. She has merely channelled it into a more socially acceptable outlet ….THEATRE BABY! 8221; he screamed. “Oh my GOD! Everyone in the room was a little u...
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Single parenthood | babypresence
https://babypresence.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/single-parenthood
The wonderful presence of a little baby in your home and how it affects parents' lives. My baby will be 25 next week. A quarter of a century! I am, have been, a single parent all of those 25 years (with a little bit of help from my friends! OK, a LOT of help from some very special friends! My boy has not even met his father. ‘Mom, I am not interested in meeting my father’. OK….If he changes his mind, I have the contact details. He is the BEST thing I ever did! Who has helped you? What have you done?
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Nick Nolte or Gary Busey…Wait What’s the Question? – My Brain On Kids
https://mybrainonkids.net/2012/09/21/nick-nolte-or-gary-busey-wait-whats-the-question
My Brain On Kids. Scrambled, Fried, Sunny Side Up, Poached and Boiled. Random Thoughts and My Brain. Nick Nolte or Gary Busey…Wait What’s the Question? September 21, 2012. September 21, 2012. I was nominated for two awards this week! For those of you counting, and let’s face it, everyone does…that makes a total of THREE awards for me! Yay, I did the math. Right? On September 19th, I was awarded The Liebster from my new friend Viola Fury. After a stranger hit my grocery cart with her grocery cart, I repli...
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Hey, Mr. Teacher! – hereandthere
https://mothergooseblogs.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/hey-mr-teacher
August 19, 2012. September 19, 2012. Hey, Mr. Teacher! A few days ago, I was having lunch with a couple of school mates and one of my high school teachers. She happened to be one of my favorites in senior school and taught me Political Science a subject I dreaded till I took her classes! I’ll come to that later.) It was indeed lovely meeting her after so many years (close to two decades, I’d imagine! You know that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when you meet certain people. Good teachers, come to think of i...
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NO #1 | Tween Ace
https://mvpride99.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/no-1
I was writing little articles about raising my daughter, a tennis obsessed 11 year old African American girl. I'll use this to share them. October 11, 2013. She rolled her eyes. We gave her the score and she wrote it down and then she said it Mom, okay? But she played, and she won again. And this time she was willing to enjoy it. Her natural competitiveness and her love of the game drives her to win. Her modesty, and something societal that we teach girls, prevents her from fully owning that win....Best ...
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Something like Smiling | Tween Ace
https://mvpride99.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/something-like-smiling
I was writing little articles about raising my daughter, a tennis obsessed 11 year old African American girl. I'll use this to share them. April 18, 2013. Her parents quickly leapt into action, sweeping her off to the corner and surrounding her with love and soft words of comfort. Gibby came to us, shaken by her near loss, but also full of sympathy for her opponent – sympathy, and immense respect. “Do you know that kid is only NINE Mom? Has anyone ever really thought this whole thing through? The truth i...
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Growing Up Match Tough | Tween Ace
https://mvpride99.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/growing-up-tough
I was writing little articles about raising my daughter, a tennis obsessed 11 year old African American girl. I'll use this to share them. Growing Up Match Tough. October 26, 2015. Erm, you want something to eat? Yes I know, I’ll pay for the therapy to correct all the times I’ve comforted her with food. She nodded. She didn’t look hungry, but she was trying to act normal, maybe to comfort me too. And she lost it. A scholarship to college? I have to tell you that when I finally took my exhausted kid to th...
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