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Hey Folks: I washed my camera. No I didn't take a damp cloth and wipe of the smudges that Erick left behind after taking 50 pictures of his Thomas train tracks; no I put it in the washing machine and washed it! Not on purpose of course but 'tis my life. A couple of Saturday's ago I gathered up a bunch of clothes from the table to throw them in the wash before downloaded my latest flicks. Well

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Senior Pastor Margaret A. Jamison Hodges Greater St. Paul Healing & Deliverance International Worship Center Brooklyn, New York Stats: Senior Pastor Margaret Hodges, is a servant at heart. During her Christian walk she has served as Usher, Sunday School Teacher, Deaconess, Y.P.H.A. President for 19½ years, Pastor’s Aide Member, Director of the Outreach Ministry, and Choir Chaplain before

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Hey Y'all, As promised here is my Black History Month celebration of Black women. I decided that I would celebrate Black women in ministry and I've chosen to honor women I know personally. I pray you enjoy my contribution to Black History Month and that you are inspired by the women I honor. First up is the Senior Executive Pastor of New Life Cathedral Pastor Lois Rochford Stats: Pastor Lois is

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Hey Y'all: Black History Month or African American History Month is upon us again and this year we get an extra day!  A whopping 29 days to focus on the contributions of African American's to our culture.  My facebook friends always seem to prompt me into action and I was excited to read the below which has given me direction for this years celebration. Every year there's a different theme

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Hey Y'all: As you've read previously my family is full of super heroes. We love anything Justice League or DC Comics related. So I wasn't surprised when my children began singing a song from one of the shows called Batman: The Brave and The Bold. Although modern this animated series (recently canceled) has the old school Batman of the 1970's feel. My children adore music and this song is one of

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Hey Y'all: This is my super talented son reciting the Plege. He's a proud American.

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Hey Y'all Happy New Year to you! I pray that you had a wonderful holiday season and are geared up for an exciting 2012; I know I am! So I was thinking about all the resolutions I could make this year and all the ones that I made last year that lasted for about a week; you know the typical ones - lose weight, read more yada yada yada... this year I decided I wanted to do some fact finding before

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Hey Y'all: Today is my oldest son's 7th birthday! I sit in awe watching his progression from infant to baby, baby to toddler, toddler to preschooler, preschooler to gradschooler and one day I'll be watching him as he walks across a stage to receive his college degree and with the help of God I'll witness his marriage and transition into parenthood! Here is something I wrote when he was 3 I

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Hey Y'all:  This year I'm not in charge of the Christmas tree. I'm a little sad because I loved my tree from last year; which of course was artificial. This year we'll have a live tree, I had to do my research on preventing house fires that spark most during this time of year. According to the US Fire Administration Christmas trees account for 250 fires annually, resulting in 14 deaths, 26

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Hey Y'all: I was caught off guard last Thursday when I had to flip my calendar to December. I'm not ready. Not for Christmas Not for 2012 I'm just not ready to say 2011 is over. Not that is was that great a year but because I'm not sure what 2012 will hold. So many things have changed that I'm anxious about the next 12 months. Praying that many things change for the better in this new year

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Hey Y'all: I just received an email from Babycenter.com that bought back some very fond memories. Do you remember Cabbage Patch Kids? Unlike Baby Alive or My Very Real Baby which you received when you were 5 or 6 and played the role of Mommy telling people the baby came out of your tummy;  a Cabbage Patch Kid was adopted. I'm not sure who came up with this very cleaver idea but when I

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Hey Y'all; It's been a while since I've written a Twin Tuesday; that doesn't mean that the twins having been up to a whole lot because lord knows they are B U S Y. Thankfully Leah's hair is growing back after the "fun" hair cutting incident and she is having a blast in ballet school. Which leads me to the topic of the day. School. Erick is in grade school Leah is in dance school And Myles is

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Hey Y'all: I love learning new things and recently I've been introduced to a new way to receive information that is quick and visually pleasing. Information graphics or infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly,[1] such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. With an

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Hey Y'all: Today is a day of rememberance of Veterans in the US. To all those who have served and survived and to those who have gone on. I salute you. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as "the Great War." Commemorated as

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Hey Y'all: I am a Christian so I'm going to start this very important post with a scripture Then the LORD replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. Habakkuk 2:2 NIV TranslationOver the past year I have attended about 6 funerals; the dearly departed where either close personal friends of my husband and I and or family members of close

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Hey Y'all: I know it's been awhile since I've posted anything to this section but here I am reminding you that November is National Adoption Month. This month has been set aside by the U.S. Health & Human Services to raise awareness about the adoption of children and youth from foster care. According to the Administration for Children & Families - This year's initiative focuses on building

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Hey Y'all: Do you remember where you were on November 4th 2008? I do... I was on the line at PS 115 to make history! I was geared up to elect the first African American President of the United States! Oddly enough I don't see any sites making note of this historic moment today. I searched the net and specifically went to History.com to see what video they had playing for today's history and

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Hey Y'all: Over the summer my hubby had a radio interview at a college radio station. He was there to talk about his time at the Sugar Bar playing for Nick Ashford's "Nuttin But the Blues". This interview happened the weekend the legend died and I happened to be off work, the kids were down with Nana for their annual summer vacation so I was chilling. I decided not to sit in the studio while the

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Hey Y'all: I get excited about a few things and of late one of them is my birthday! I know most women shun celebrating the day they were born but I pray I never do. I have been blessed to be on this earth for 37 years. I am so happy that God has allowed me to have a fulfilled life, with wonderful family and friends. I pray that this new year I have been given will be better then the last. I

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Hey Folks: I love them. Always have and always will. I love the feel of the paper between my fingers and the affect of turning pages. I like the sound of the bind cracking as get to the middle of a brand new book. I also enjoy having to tape the spine together when it's well worn and read over and over again, passed down to family and friends. I love to look at them lined up on shelves

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Hey Y'all: While watching the Jets game last week I was reminded by all the big brawly football players in hot pink sneakers, gloves and socks that October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I lost two of my aunts due to the disease and pray for anyone who has also been touched by breast cancer. Both my Aunt Ruby and Aunt Betty were taken from us much to soon due to the ravages the

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Hey Y'all: I know, I know, I haven't been on in a while. I'm sorry. I have so much to share with you thought. I have to start first with my experience today! I had lunch with Steve Harvey! Ok not by myself but with an exclusive group of Multicultural media folks. Today's lunch was Steve's petition to get the word out about one of his philanthropic efforts - The Disney Dreamers Academy. The

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Hey Y'all: There is a Christan song that my former Pastor, E.M. Shiver used to sing titled "I Won't Complain" written by Bishop William C. Abney some of the lyrics are ... I've had some good days I've had some hills to climb I've had some weary days And some sleepless nights But when I look around And I think things over All of my good days Out-weigh my bad days I won't complain Going into this

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Hey Y'all: Recently I have had two distinct experiences on facebook that caused me to pause. The first one was a  co-worker finding out about her deceased grandmother via facebook chat, the second was a former co- working asking if I was pregnant based on a picture I uploaded. Both of these in my opinion were out of order!  How in the world do you think it’s OK to tell someone that their

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Hey Y'all: Erick  will be attending a new school this coming year, his previous school was a uniformed school. This new one isn't. That's an issue for me! I was one of the few people that was excited about NYC schools requiring children to wear uniforms. As a parent, uniforms are hassle free! No drama trying to figure out what to put him on in the morning or the night before and no competition

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Hey Y'all: As we prepare to send our kiddies back to school I am taking a moment to reflect on last year's learning experience. Here is a list of things I learned during First Grade (from Erick). Each point will be made by song lyrics LOL... cause I'm silly like that. Let me know if you can relate. "Free your mind and the rest will follow..." Erick's kindergarten teach was awful! She didn't

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Yes, he is asleepYes, that is a chicken bone in his mouthYes, he will strongly dislike me when he turns 17 and finds this on the web!

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Hey Y'all: This past Father's Day weekend I started to write this post and got ... well stuck. Wasn't sure where I as headed but think I still need to post this just for the sake of 'getting it out there". --- I know there are going to be many beautiful Father's Day posts out there featuring dads and their kiddies and of course I could contribute because my husband is the best dad in the world!

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Hey Folks: My daughter has a head full of beautiful locks. I love putting cute braids, beads, barrettes and bows in it. It takes a while to do but it's always a joy. I love doing her hair so I'm sure you could image the horror when she came home yesterday and I found her like this... When she walked into the house the first thing I noticed was her hair or rather the lack thereof! Here's how

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Hey folks: I am a little late  posting this pledge since the unofficial start of the Summer is just about a month in the past. I couldn't let the official first day of summer pass without posting the open toed shoe pledge! Ladies get your feet right before you put on those $2.50 Old Navy Flip Flops or $3,000 Louboutin platform sandals! THE OPEN-TOED SHOE PLEDGE*please raise your right hand and

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Hey Folks: When I arrived home a few nights ago I happened upon my husband and our Sr. Landlord outside holding a very in dept conversation. My landlords wife of 42 years passed away less than 3 months ago, he was sitting on the stairs expressing to my husband how much he misses his life partner. He shared what they met when they were 14 and 16 years old and married 2 years later when they were 

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Hey Folks: A friend and I were looking at pictures of the twins when they were babies; reminiscing about how cute and cuddly they were at the early stages of their lives. While looking at one of the photo's my friend said that I should get a doll made based on a picture of Leah. Of course we were saying this in jest but being the curious woman that I am I googled 'life dolls' and low and behold

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Hey Y'all: I am a working mom. I love and appreciate stay at home moms but working outside the home is a choice that I made out of necessity and desire. Necessity because my husband owns his own business without health benefits and desire because I always wanted to be a part of corporate America and didn't want to give that up when I became a mom... With this choice there is a constant

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Hey Folks: I'm still here just have been 'under construction" personally, physically and emotionally. The next time I post I'll be a much better Mrs. Deveter.

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Hey Folks: Yesterday I was home when Erick came in from school and he was ecstatic. The look on his face was pure joy and y'all; that really affected me. It has happened before, when I took a sick, personal or vacation day and was either able to pick him up from school or meet him at the door when he came home. He's always shocked but extremely happy. Yesterday it touched me because this means

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Hey Y'all: My 2yr old daugher LOVES Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair" whenever she has beads in her beautiful locks she treats me to her own rendition. Today's wordless wednesday is of her whipping her hair back and forth... Until next time... MUAH!

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Hey Y'all: Just about everyday of the past three weeks my son has asked me if it was Valentine's Day yet. Granted I did already purchase his Valentine's Day candy for his classmates, teacher and favorite crossing guards but I find it quite amusing that he asks EVERYDAY. This morning like I've done every morning, I've taken him to the calendar for the count down to Valentine's Day. I'm really

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Hey There: As a follow up to yesterday's post here is my list of picture books that are perfect reading for children during Black History month. They each have beautiful illustration and heartfelt stories. Conrows by Camile Yarbrough The Middle Passage by Tom Feelings From Slave Ship to Freedom Road John Henry by Julius Lester Until

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Hey Folks: I just began a very intriguing read and think it's perfectly suited for BHM. While reading I decided to create a list of 'must reads' for this month and beyond, of course. For Adults: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot  Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave

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Hey Y'all: Welcome to the shortest, sweetest and most historical month of the year. As I did last year in celebration of Black History Month I'd like to profile "Everyday Superstars." Everyday Superstars are ordinary men, women and children doing extra ordinary things in their community such as mentoring, spearheading a charitable cause or just that person who's willing to lend a helping hand

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Hey Y'all: On Monday we will celebrate the birth of MLK the great African American Civil Rights leader who had a dream that is in many ways coming to pass. Although we still struggle with racism in America we certainly have come a long way and we have a ways to go before everyone is treated equally. Last year my son and I participated in a volunteer event with Hands On Network and truly

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Hey Y'all: At the top of each year I like to read books that will help guide me through a successful year.  I just finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho which I found to be quite life changing, inspiring and spiritually uplifting; I thought it fitting to share my list of books for the first 3 months of the year with you. The Bible I think it's important to get spiritually in tune at

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Hey Y'all: Now that my big boy is a reader it's interesting to see the learning process. He now has a reading log and must read 15-20 minutes solo per night. We are having fun with this and finally have the opportunity to read all the books I've collected over the years pre-motherhood. A few nights ago he was reading Thomas and The Castle (yes my 6 yr old is still a die hard Thomas and Friends

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Hey Y'all:Welcome to 2011! I won't do the whole "this is my year, I'm going to do great things" bit although I totally believe that this IS my year and I AM going to do great things this year. However that's not what this post is about at all.Just in case you haven't turned on the news over the past week or so you may have missed that the northeast was given a special after Christmas/Kwanzaa

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Hey Y'all:This is totally unrelated to my blog... I love to share information with my peeps.I just received a work email where the font was tiny and the text went on and on and on. As soon as I opened it I closed it. I wasn't compelled to read it AT ALL.I was so disturbed by this that I went on a quick search for email etiquette and found this great list from www.emailreplies.com. I liked so I'm

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Hey Y'all: The countdown has begun, I know I'm a little late but the 25 Days of Christmas is here! We are just 2 and a half weeks til Christmas. I don't know about you but I'M NOT READY. I haven't purchased gift one but I will say that I'm excited for the holiday. Last year I started a family tradition of putting up the Christmas tree on my oldest son's birthday! So next week the fun begins.

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Hey Y'all:I know that most of you have already started your holiday shopping (it is just a short few weeks until the big day) I do hope however that you have either set aside some funds or some time to give back!Here's what I'm talking about... if you head into any store you'll see the Salvation Army folks ringing those bells and if you work in a office I'm almost positive that you'll see a Toys

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Hey Y'all:Hope you are enjoying the final days of 2010. I was thinking about where I was this time last year and figured I'd look at that list I created at the beginning of the year. My lofty list of 10 things I planned to accomplish this year... I shared it here and I'm sad to say many of them have gone undone and will carry over into 2011.Here was my list of 5 business and 5 personal goals:Blog

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Hey Y'all:I found this list on one of my favorite sites www.hellobeautiful.com and thought I would share a little more about me with you! Feel free to re post.-----1. What is your greatest fear? Failure2. Who are your heroes in real life? My mother and husband3. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My inability to lose weight!4. What is the trait you most deplore in others?

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Hey Y'all: Earlier this week one of my blogging mama's posted a tweet alerting us that she was headed to the ER with her little guy due to an injury that required stitches. I told her that she was in my prayers and that I hoped everything worked out well. She told me that she knew I had some experience with ER's since I'm the mommy of boys as well. Little does she know my boys weren't the ones

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Hey Y'all:I'm tired.I've been sleeping without children in my bed, but getting up to put them back down is wearing me out. We aren't at the end of the fight yet and nowhere near the victory round but for the past five day's I have been very consistent with keeping the twins out of my bed. My hubby has been away a lot lately so I've actually had the pleasure of sleeping in my bed solo! It's been

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Hey Y'all:I've talked about this on a few occasions but today I'm determined, to get my kids out of my bed. I am currently sitting at my desk with a Tiger Balm heat wrap around my neck because my three children insist upon sleeping with my husband and I.This morning I woke up on the very edge of my queen sized bed with the twins between my husband and I. I'm done! I came to work today and my very

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Hey Y'all:Today is my thirtysomething birthday and for some reason I'm elated. I've never been this excited about a birthday since I turned 18! It's not a milestone birthday by far but for some reason I'm looking forward to this new year. I have a feeling that it's really going to be amazing. I have reached so many of my short terms goals and I have huge goals for the coming year but today, today

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Well, I am according to my superhero children. Thanks to my husband and my mother my children are REALLY into superhero's specifically the members of the Justice League. During the summer my mother even made the kids capes out of left over curtain material!Here is the break down. I am Wonder Woman, Hubby is The Green Lantern, Erick is Superman, Leah is Hawk Girl and Myles is Batman. When episodes

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Hey Y'all:Everyday when I walk my Erick to school I am inspired by the intricate hairstyles all the little girls have. I mean their braids are hooked all the way up. Long, short, doesn't matter their hair always looks so nice and well kept. So of course I go home and try to imitate these styles on Leah's beautiful tresses.Last week I came across this video and knew I had to share it with you.

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Hey Y'all:Thank you so much for reading my post on The Conversation by Hill Harper (who I'm watching right now on CSI:NY.... they were in Coney Island this episode!)The winners of this giveaway are.... my beautiful twitter friends who supplied me with some pretty pitiful pick up linesbit3myR33sEs - "Baby ur feet must hurt bc u been walking thru my mind all day"hialissa - "Girl, you married? You

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Hey Y'all:Here is a short list of why I think adoption is necessary.You don't have to be perfect to be a perfect parentThere are thousands of kids out there waiting for you. According to the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care Demographics of Children in Foster Care, In 2009, there were about 123,000 children ready for adoptive families in the nations foster care systems. African American

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Hey y'all:Today I wish my beloved husband a very happy 14th wedding anniversary. Over the past 14 years I've learned some rather useful lessons. Of course I won't share them all but here are 14 for every year of wedded bliss.Never say never - I said I never wanted children and then I was bit by the baby bug and here were stand the proud parents of threeOver communicate - Saying you told him/her

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Hey Y'all:October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.I have lost two of my aunts due to the disease and pray for anyone who has also been touched by Breast Cancer. Both my Aunt Ruby and Betty were taken from us much to soon due to the ravages the disease had on their bodies. They were both beautiful, vivacious women who contributed positively to the Bennett family and everyday that I look

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Hey Y'all:Next Tuesday marks my 14th wedding anniversary! My hubby and I have been together for almost 20 years and Lord knows I'm still in love. The #1 reason why we have been together for so long and are the best of friends is because our lines of communication are always open. We are in constant conversation about any and everything; from world news to our oldest child's latest school project;

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Hey Y'all:No words today just a glimpse into the fun house. Until next time...MUAH!

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Hey Y'all:Just saw this article title on NewsOne and had to do a post -- President Obama: School year must be extended by month for US students to compete with China, IndiaI get it and I totally agree but here is my opinion. I think that if there weren't so many breaks during the school year there wouldn't be a need for another month of school. In NYC the children are out of school for Midwinter

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Dear Buyer:I walked into my neighborhood Walgreens yesterday to pick up a quick card for my husbands birthday. I was specifically looking for a card from my babies to their Dad. I walked down the aisle and saw plenty of cards for mom, mommy, grandma, Nana (in English and Spanish) but I was hard pressed to find a card from the kids to their dad.I was perplexed. You see I live in a neighborhood

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Hey Y'all:I am extremely blessed and I know it. My mother is the best Nana in the world; as you know she fully potty trained all three of my children, took care of them during the summer and is connected to them like I could never imagine. My mother in law loves her grandchildren with all her heart and will do anything within her power for them. Their great-grandmother loves to see them come and

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Hey Y'all:What is the #1 fast food restaurant that children automatically recognize? McDonald's - who could pass by the huge arches and funny looking clown! Not me when I was 2 and certainly not my three little Brown's. On any given out and about day my kiddies will announce that they are hungry, as soon as they pass by our friendly neighborhood Mickey D's. Well no more McNuggets for the three

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Hey Y'all:So everyone isn't cut out to be a parent. Fine. You don't want to adopt and child or even a pet here are some other options to adoption that will help those less fortunate then you and cause you to feel good.Adopt a Class or a School - People who adopt a class or school provide the additional teaching materials needed in creating the educational foundation some children are missing.

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Hey Y'all:I took some time today to download the school calendar for the year and I'm a little perturbed. Why I ask do our children start school on a Wednesday and then they are off for Thursday and Friday? Is it me or is that just dumb? Why not just start school the first Monday after Labor Day and Rosh Hashanah?Any who I think my kid is ready to get back to learning! Just about every morning

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Hey y'all:The 3 little Browns have been back home for about two weeks now and boy oh boy have they changed. The twins are fully potty trained (thank you Mommy) and Erick is Superman for sure! The one change I'm not digging is this separation anxiety that Leah is experiencing when it comes to me.This morning I felt like the worst mommy in history because I had to leave her with huge tears in her

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Hey Y'all:The summer has flown by and I'm gearing up for the final half of this year. There are major changing going on around me and it's time for me to take full advantage of them. I've got a lot of planning and executing to do and I'm seriously praying for daily motivation.It's so hard assuring yourself that the decisions you are making today are going to positively effect your tomorrow. I'm

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Hey Y'all:It's time for nominations for the Disney Dreamers Academy! As you know I've been invited to attend the Academy over the past couple of years (was snowed in this year). It's truly a wonderful experience with Steve Harvey, Disney and now Essence. Please click here and nominate a H.S. student you know that deserves this opportunity of a lifetime. Only 100 students will be picked so sign

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I know I know ... it's been forever. Well the summer is finally winding down and I can write.Honey what a summer it has been. The children were gone for just about two months so the hubby and I have had the best quality time together. We truly enjoyed ourselves while the children where gone and had an opportunity to rediscover some thangs :-)Now the three little ones are back and we are dealing

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Today I will attend my second funeral of the week.Last week two dear friends of mine bid their mother's goodbye.As I sat in the first funeral service my heart was so grateful because my mom is still with me and yet so heavy as I watched the tears flow from the eyes of my friend. I didn't have a personal relationship with Mrs. Knight so I couldn't mourn for her but I mourn for my friend Patrick

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Hey Y'all:I know I haven't posted in a minute but this issue has bought me out of my slump and I need to get it off my chest!This post isn't a vs. regarding their singing ability but their personal lives; specifically their husband 'stealing' ways. Now let me first say that I don't think anyone can be 'stolen' unless you are taken from your home by force! One woman cannot steal another woman's

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Hey Y'all:My husband and I have been married for 13 years; without children for the first 8 so we had plenty of time to learn one another and to develop our relationship without distraction. Now that we are the proud parents of three beautiful children; with very limited time together. My beautiful mother was gracious enough to take the children for a good part of this summer giving us the

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my children! I never knew that I could miss them as much as I do right now. My babies have been in NC with my mother for the bulk of the summer, which was a well deserved break for my husband and I but Lord knows that I didn't realize how much I would miss their little faces. I miss their voices and foot steps running down the hall I

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Hey Folks:When I came into the office this morning there were two gentlemen washing our windows both inside and out. I am on the 6th floor of a building in NYC. Being me I of course started a conversation with the guys and learned something new. Did you know that window washers have to take classes and earn a certificate to become window washers especially those who work on scaffolds? Well they

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Hey Y'all:Welcome to the latest edition of Adoption Wednesday. Over the next few weeks I'll be featuring a question and answer series with my siblings. Today you'll be hearing from Vanessa the third child my mother adopted and my first baby sister. Vanessa is the mother of two little boys and is a fabulous dancer. As a young girl she was a member of a Praise Dance group with the rest of my little

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Hey Y'all:It's late July and yes the title to the blog is correct.As you know I'm a huge fan of A&E and can watch back to back episodes of Intervention and Hoarders. I say that because I think we need an intervention for hoarding an item for my children's great grandmother.Over the weekend we went to visit her and discovered that she still had a fruit cake in her refrigerator from December!

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Hey Y'all:My kiddies are hanging out with Nana for the better part of this summer and although I miss their little faces more then I could ever imagine I'm going to make good use of their time away. Here is my list of 10 things I promise to do while they are gone.1. Start a new series on The B.O.N.E. Chronicles a blog I host for my hubby's music site. The new series will be all about Musicians

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Hey Y'all:Found this one in my in box and thought it good enough to share!From BabyCenter.com written by Kya FawleyTap into the power of pretend play Try initiating a make-believe game with your child, suggests Jerome L. Singer, co-director of the Family Television Research and Consultation Center at Yale University. Not only will pretend play give your child ample opportunity to practice

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Hey Y'all:With all the hype surrounding what team LeBron James will join I came across an article about Ex-Celtic player Ray Williams. Mr. Williams was a 10th overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the NY Knick's, after playing for six different teams he retired in 1987 and is now homeless.I share this with you because when it's all said and done will the LeBron James' of this

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Hey Y'all:For this edition of Adoption Wednesday I'd like to share a brief question and answer I had with my baby sister Tawana Bennett. Tawana is the 8th child adopted into our family. She is a beautiful young woman who is weeks away from welcoming her first child into the world. Her life's dream is to become a nurse.Our mother was very open with them regarding there adoption and their

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Hey Y'all: The truth is that you do learn something new everyday! I am the proud mommy of three, oldest of nine and have loved kids for as long as I can remember but I have never ever heard of Elimination Communication. By the title alone I can tell you upfront that you are about to learn something new today thanks to MrsDeveter. A couple of nights ago I was one among a standing room only Tribeca

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Hey Y'all:I signed up for HouseParty.com and am hosting my first party in July with the Kleenx brand, promoting their new hand towels.. I think HouseParty is a pretty cool site and a great way for companies to spread the word about their products. They have upcoming parties for PS3, DJ Hero, Splenda and a bunch of others. I suggest you sign up for HouseParty.com and don't forget to invite

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Hey Y'all:I've been trying to figure out what I didn't want to do for the Fourth of July and came up with a list thinks NOT to do and I thought I should share them with you!#1 Do not stay indoors - It's Independence Day why in the world would you want to stay inside? Find something fun to do and go OUT!#2 Do not forgo the SPF - When you head outside make sure you slather yourself and the kiddies

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Hey Y'all:You know I like to look at the pros and cons of everything. Eventually adopted children become adult adoptees. They are people walking among us who might feel that some part of them is missing. When they go to fill out their medical papers and are asked about their family history most of them have no idea what to write. When they have children they have to explain to them why they don't

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Hey Y'all:Guess whos hosting a Clean and Fresh Hands House Party! MEEEEEEEEEEESo excited!Check me out...Welcome to your Clean and Fresh Hands House Party™

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Hey Y'all:As a mom I ask myself this question all the time. How many skittles or M&M's do they really need? How long should I allow them to watch television? How old should they be before I buy them a cell phone? How much is too much, how soon is too soon? When is it enough?I wonder how many parents truly question how much or when is it enough? I asked this question again recently when I saw

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Hey Y'all:I have a coworker who's dad passed out on a NYC street was rushed to the emergency room with a gash on his head and internal bleeding. She told me of the saga yesterday and my first question was "why are you still here?"I know that we are in a recession and I also know that it's hard to find a new job but... regardless of how your employer may react when your family is in trouble they

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Hey Y'all:This is a beautiful story..... The Thiel FamilyUntil next time...MUAH!

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Hey Y'all:So I've never been a fan of Erick's Kindergarten teacher. She's not what I had in mind when I was fretting about him having a male teacher. I prayed for a nurturing teacher who would be an extension of what he had in Pre-K.Ms. H is not even close. She's not a good communicator, she's not approachable and she's inconsistent. Erick has certainly learned this year but not on the level I

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Hey Y'all:I write a blog for my hubby's music site where I created a 'series' that didn't really take off. Well not yet any way,in the spirit of Father's Day I thought I would share it with you. My husband is a musician, business owner and “SAHD” What’s a SAHD, MrsDeveter you might ask? We’ll folks it’s a Stay at Home Dad!Before we became parents I noticed that my talented husband who worked

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Hey Y'all:It's been way to long since I've done an Adoption Wednesday post. I was roaming the web and came across this video on YouTube about children who have been in the foster care system and aged out.This is why we need people to adopt domestically so kids don't know what it means to "age out!"Please visit Adoptuskids.org if you are ready.Until next time...MUAH!

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Hey Y'all:Father's Day is Sunday and if you haven't gotten your stuff together yet here are some really cute ideas that will show him how much you and the children really adore him.This first one is my all time favorite from Disney Family (I'm going shopping for the goods tonight)I hope I did the embed correctly, if not all of these are for dad but the one I love is the DAD cake; too cute.Until

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