Rilya Alert…Adji Desir…Shawniece Dockery

Adji Desir

 DOB: Oct 22, 2002 Read more »

Daily Dilemmas of Single Motherhood

It’s 7 am on a Wednesday morning. I have an important meeting at 9am, a meeting I’ve been trying to schedule for quite some time. Wake up, jump in the shower and there is a knock at the door. My 7 year old has a stomach ache. I have 2 options. I can 1) try to reschedule the meeting, realizing that it will probably be another month before we find a date that works 2) I can perform a single momma “quick fix.” What’s a “quick fix?” It’s when you get the child well enough to make it to school and pray the school nurse calls after the meeting. The stomach ache quick fix consists of the following steps (note: the usual remedy, telling the child to “take a nap,” is not an option): 

1) Check for a fever. No, not with a thermometer–you just place your hand on the child’s forehead. Still unsure, put your lips against the forehead. In this instance, he feels slightly warm but I conclude it’s just a result of an elevated body temperature while sleeping (no, I don’t have any scientific basis for this). I do know that he is certainly not warm enough for Tylenol. Read more »

A Fool By Any Other Name is a Fool In Any Context

In a recent interview, in fact in many interviews that just happened to take place during his impeachment trial, governor Rod Blagojevich stated that his comments were “taken out of context.” Here are a few of those comments:

“I can drive a hard bargain. You hear what I’m saying. And if I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself,” Read more »