Too many babies dying

I am stricken with despondency. Why do people continue to have children they they care nothing about?

Lately there have been an abundance of cases of child abuse, rape and murder. All of these little blessing being-mistreated because of the selfish behavior of young, inexperienced adults. How many more children have to die?

It is difficult enough for me to understand when God calls an infant or child home before they have yet shed their child hood skin, but these senseless murders are far more bewildering and saddening.

I look at my son and know the pain I feel when his lip starts to quiver and his tears begin to fall and couldn't imagine doing anything but comforting him.

My heart is heavy, cheerless and stricken with grief.
RIP little children.

Links below to news stories.

bronx_mothers_punch_killed_tot_cops.html

Mother kills and buried.boy/

Father murders son over child support money

Time to give up the boob.

I do realize that breastfeeding has an overabundance of advantages. It protects your baby from gastrointestinal trouble, respiratory problems, ear infections and can prevent them from developing allergies.


However, at what age should one decide to ween their child from the breast? 12 months? 18 months? My opinion 1 year, but I am not a breastfeeding mother.

Many say the child decides....well in this case the mother took that literally. Her daughter is 8 years old and still breastfeeds regularly....yes I said 8 years old.

I believe at some point it gets to be in a way "perverted" But that may just be my "American" mind, since we are one of the few countries that associates the female breast with sexuality.


I am all about attachment parenting and encourage parents to bond with their children in whatever fashion they deem adequate, but in my personal opinion this is distasteful and a bit damaging.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxv6R9fUO74&feature=player_embedded

I am NOT my hair

What is it about having short hair that invigorates me?

It's as if when I cut my hair off a weight lifts off of my shoulders, it is so much more than the superficiality of the outward manifestation. In that respect it is nearly depthless, my thirst for external acceptance is long gone. It has now become about loving me. My excitement can hardly be contained.

Black women have always had a “hair dilemma”, myself included, which I highly attribute to black men. Too often short hair has been arbitrarily linked to lesbianism of unattractiveness. I understand that we live in a pretentious country but to the effect that something as trivial as the hair on your head can decide your relationship fate or career fate is a bit nonsensical.

Perms, dyes, braids, weave, and whatever unnecessary added elements give us security that we should already own with our natural hair. I often hear women say “I can’t go natural”----How can you NOT go back to your natural state? It is after all the state you were born with. Why is it not good enough for you?

We don’t want “nappy” hair….nappy is a state of mind, if you want to be nappy you will if you don’t want to be nappy you won’t, it is as simple as that. We give the external far too much power. If your confidence shines from the outside then that is all anyone will see. They will only see your insecurities if you let them.

I have seen many black women going natural these days and it makes me proud. It is about so much more than hair, it is about breaking the chains of insecurity and accepting that you are not defined by your hair, clothes or any other cosmetic curses.



If you are thinking of going natural this site helped me tremendously.
http://www.nappturality.com/