Of Course All Lives Matter But The Black Community’s House Is Burning Down Hence #BLACKLIVESMATTER Race Still Matters I wasn’t going to post an article on this subject since it seems like it has flooded the internet. And I didn’t want to be someone copying what has already been put out there on #BlackLivesMatter. …
INSPIRATIONAL MULTICULTURAL KIDS BOOKS As a mom of a biracial child. I am always on the hunt for some multicultural resources. Books in particular are a means for me to teach my toddler new words and more about the world via pictures and stories. Here are some amazing multicultural kids books to check out.
A Non-Indian Parent’s Guide to Indian Children’s Clothing As an African-American woman married to an Indian man whose parents are originally from Northern India, I was clueless about Indian clothing. And when it came time to meet my husband’s parents for the first time I had to go shopping for my first Indian outfit. With …
PINTEREST WHO NEEDS MARTHA STEWART LIVING WHEN THERE IS PINTERST? My Big Fat Indian Family, African-American Family, and numerous friends have already come for visits or are planning to visit us in Charlotte, NC this summer. Upon confirmation of an upcoming visit I am swiftly prompted to go to Pinterest to start planning. Pinterest has overtaken my past …
WHAT’S FOR DINNER? PIPING HOT VEGETABLE BIRYANI & GRILLED INDIAN CHICKEN KEBABS At the onset of summer we love to fire up our grill for weekend dinners. This post is one of many involving some of the most amazing meals and recipe ideas my husband and I tweaked and made our own throughout the course …
Biracial Parenting. Why I Was Glad Our Daughter Looked Indian And Not… Let me preface this by saying, this post was not written to incite or advocate colorism. And my Black is beautiful for all those thinking or waiting to decree that I am self-loathing. I love being an African-American woman with a phenomenal culture and history. …
WAS MY HUSBAND PREGNANT TOO? A GUIDE TO LOSING THE DADDY WEIGHT Many pregnancy books really don’t discuss the prevalence of the daddy to be weight gain. Instead it seems to be an endless “hot topic” for mothers-to-be. Perhaps, for men this weight gain is considered as a controllable voyage into fatherhood and/or a new way …
Teaching a Toddler to Be Multilingual–Aap Kaise Ho (How Are you)? Me Thik Hu (I’m Fine)! We all looked on in astonishment after Amaya instantly repeated her Amma (grandmother in Hindi) say these words. Amaya was so afire from all the attention and praise that she again belted out, “Aap Kaise Ho? And everyone leaped …
8 WAYS YOU KNOW THAT BLOGGING HAS TAKEN OVER YOUR LIFE! 1.) You’d rather blog than eat. Dinner is right there in front of you but you find yourself needing to finish your train of thought on the post you were writing. Otherwise the blog post may never be what you thought it should be. …
10 PRO TIPS AND TRICKS FOR TRAVELING WITH KIDS International and domestic travel can be grueling. Traveling is not only hard on most adults it can wreak havoc for most kids. We all know the culprits: Last minute flight delays; Gate changes; Time changes (even as simple as going from EST to CST); Unexpected traffic etc. This …
