For the past two weeks, the Northeastern United States and parts of the Caribbean were devastated by Hurricane Sandy. A few days later, a Nor’easter hit an already overwhelmed and hurting New York/New Jersey area, leaving anywhere from a few inches to over a foot of snow. During the hurricane, over 2 million people were…
Growing up, I was not one of those children who vowed to not be as hard on her children as my parents were on me, in part because my parents meted out a fair amount of discipline, mixed with more love than discipline. Secondly, as I became older, I reflected on their parenting practices to…
On Thursday, October 25, 2012, an amazing group of women and men assembled at the BNY Mellon Building in Lower Manhattan to attend the 10th Annual Women’s Business Leadership Conference, sponsored by the Women’s Business Committee of the National Minority Business Council. The theme for the day was Reflect, Rekindle, Refocus, Resolve, and featured Vera…
Goodbye to Yesterday Every day I say I’ll try something new Make some changes that are long overdue Tryin’ to wrap my head around it Still remain surrounded By walls that I can’t seem to get through A part of me so keen to see What I will find if I leave it all behind…
Merriam-Webster defines deconstruction as “the analytic examination of something (as a theory) often in order to reveal its inadequacy.” I have found myself hearing or explaining variations of “deconstruction” quite a bit over the past week or so. I’m on the committee for an upcoming conference and in speaking of our plans for next year,…
Hello TTWC family! As many of you know, since March 2012, I have been writing a weekly column for the online publication, MortarNBrique, entitled The Mommie in Me. Most of those columns were either reblogged to, or posted in their entirety on This and That With Calandra. Last week it was announced that MortarNBrique will be on…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, I’m not talking about Christmas. I am celebrating my favorite season of all time, autumn. No other season conjures up awesome childhood memories like the fall. There’s just something about all the things that this season brings – fall foliage, air that’s cool and crisp, apple…
I wish those days could come back once more. Why did those days ever have to go? ‘Cause I love them so These lyrics are appropriate for my relationship with music for several reasons. Firstly, I am so disappointed with most of today’s mainstream music, across several genres. I found myself listening to more “classic” music…
I apologize in advance for the grammatically incorrect title of today’s post. But sometimes, you’ve just got to tell it like it is. Last weekend I saw a friend and her two young daughters. She and I were both pregnant at the same time, during both pregnancies, and I had not seen her in quite…
This morning as I dropped the children off to school, one of my son’s first-grade classmates, Lisa (not her real name) was very sad and crying. She seemed to have had some separation anxiety issues this morning. Just as a side note, I have noticed that the kids don’t cry on the first day of…
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