I am sitting in the bathroom.
There is a small human yelling at me.
Mommy.
Mommy.
The day has been an absolute “PALAVA”.
I need Jesus, Paul, John and Mary. Throw in the Holy Ghost, few aliens and everyone from the Fat Albert gang.
Why?
Why am I here?
… because today I chose to parent and not punish.
No lectures, no you cannot have this or that, no epic battles of wills. No. No. No.
I will not participate.
She knows what she has done wrong, she knows there is a sad face on the behavior chart and she knows I am upset to the point that words are scare.
So she beckons, she yells, more throwing, she has a one sided conversation with herself …
I feel like a mom that needs a hug. I wish my mother was alive. This is a grand mother’s shining moment… diffusing the yells of a naughty preschooler and the secret scowls of a 39 year old, pending divorce, frazzled, single mom.
Momma said there would be days like this…. but what do I do when she is a teenager… go to the pergola and knit a sweater?
Has she talked herself to sleep….
Clear the land mines.
I shall come out the loo now.
Thank you and good night.
Miranda Phelps (Author)
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Dear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr;
Happy Birthday! I am glad you were born!!!
Due to your courage and the push for equality, I – an African American woman from an impoverished background – have had an excellent education, travelled the world and have been abundantly Blessed by the ground you broke through your movement. I am eternally grateful for your bravery, courage and sacrifice.
I wanted to say that I’m sorry your “dream” has been skewed.
While you worked so hard to push opportunity to the African-American community, to some extent, there are some of us that no longer acknowledge, value or teach our children about the great sacrifice, the upliftment from oppression … nor do they take advantage of the educational opportunities that your courage afforded us. For that I’m sorry, we know better and we needed to do better.
The path of assimilation, the damaging and long lasting effects of a slave mentality, generational effects of slavery and poverty, the sting of subpar education as a tool of oppression, violence, apathy and the lack of passion.. there are so many things still plaguing our community that your dream couldn’t cover… these are things we need to resolve for ourselves.
However, this day as I look at my child, I think about my Blessings, the opportunities afforded to me… I’m glad you had a dream and that you mightily brought that dream to fruition.
You made America better.
You are an American hero.
Happy Birthday!
Respectfully yours,
@Efabulous1
