Ask The Good Enough Guy: Stepfamily Showdown! Should We Let Him Move Back In?
Hi Will, There’s a war in my home between my son, Jeremiah and my husband, Mike, Jeremiah’s stepfather. Jeremiah is 21 and wants to move back home. I really think he should because I think he needs us. The problem is, two years ago, Jeremiah got mad, yelled at me, cursed out my husband and [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: Shameeka S. Ayers
Oh what can I possibly add about this woman that you cannot pick up on from the photo? Well, let me try since Shameeka is today’s Life Lessons subject. I met this woman as we were waiting to board The Disney Dream last year. Of course I KNEW who she was from her wildly popular [...]
Read More →Raisin’ In Minnesota: Raising A Black Man In America
My husband is my best friend. This means we can share anything with each other and we will not hold it against the other. If it makes us angry, we don’t go to bed mad. We also have a second marriage pact. This means we don’t give up on each other. We were both married [...]
Read More →Life Lessons: De Phillips Johnson
Well, say hello to one very, special lady. De and I connected on Facebook more than three years ago, when she was coming to grips with being a Good Enough Mother. Now you know, three years ago, I was going through sheer HELL with my hair and when I saw her picture, I started peppering her [...]
Read More →Rachel Vidoni – Little Changes: Smother
“Moving along, I reached toward the back and grabbed the hair-styling containers. It had been over a year now since I needed hair products; my collection sat unloved beneath a layer of dust. Mousse for scrunching. Gel for sleeking. Conditioners bought under buy-one, get-one-half-off deals. Expensive pomade for sculpting flippy-dos that only flopped. How much [...]
Read More →Ask Rene: My Son Won’t Use The Toilet! (VIDEO)
Dear Rene: HELP! My son will be five-years-old in September and he refuses to use the toilet. Any time I try talking to him about it he yells and screams that he does not want to discuss it. I have tried everything anyone has suggested; People have said let it go and in time [...]
Read More →Celebrating Easter: The Three F’s
The Syler Family in the 70′s (The polyester didn’t give it away?) …..Food, Fashion and Faith When I was a kid, growing up smack-dab in the middle of middle class, Easter was a very special time and our celebration centered on the three “F’s; Food, Fashion, and Faith. Unlike me (who rarely does any [...]
Read More →Second Acts: Tiffany S. Jones
We’ve spent a lot of time talking about Life Lessons lately but we have a sister strand on the site called Second Acts, devoted to those who’ve either made the leap or been pushed into a new career, life or whatever (you can read mine here). Today, I want to introduce you to Tiffany Jones. [...]
Read More →Monday Morning Motivation: Where You Are Supposed To Be (PODCAST)
Happy Monday GEMs! I hope it was a stellar weekend for you. I’m on my way to the Bahamas (I know, it’s a tough job but really, I’ll try to suck it up), on the preview sailing of The Disney Fantasy. I’ll have a full report for you when I get back next week. But [...]
Read More →Our Story Begins: 365 Days….(VIDEO)
Exactly one year ago, I lost the love of my life, my very best friend, my wife, Andrea Andrews Manoucheri. We lost so very much that, by all accounts, this could have been the year everything fell apart. Instead, it became the year our story began. We have not lost the feeling of loss, the [...]
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