Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW25

Mom and three kids Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17, 2025 I am a Black mom to three wonderful children. I was blessed to have three successful births. While I am an attorney, my third delivery highlighted the potential risks that occur when a physician fails to listen to the birthing person. Initially, I chalked it up to the physician involved and limited it to my personal birthing experience. Then, I learned that I was not special. Overwhelmingly, Black women experience higher rates of birth trauma, birthing complications and negative birth outcomes.  These statistics are what lead to the creation of ...

A Peek Into the Life of a Working Mom: A trip down memory lane (#Halloween #TBT)

English: Friendly pumpkin Svenska: Vänlig pumpa
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In our family, my sister is the Halloween fanatic. She gets way into it. She's the kind of girl who starts planning her costume a year in advance. I am more mellow. However, I do like to have a good time.  Below are a list of some Halloween themed posts...

Enjoy!

Halloween Memories

Sep 26, 2014
One of my favorite things to do in the fall is to pick out pumpkins with my daughter. It's not a tradition we had growing up. However, Andre got us in the habit of doing it and now I'm hooked!

Mommy Mondays: Preparing for Halloween - Chaton's World
Oct 23, 2012
Mommy Mondays: Preparing for Halloween. I consider sunny days in Pittsburgh akin to holidays. Today was a sunny day in Pittsburgh and I was thrilled! I greeted the day by seeing our jack-o-lanterns. They made me smile ...
Nov 01, 2013
Thanks to Andre, now that I've become a mom, I no longer view Halloween as a day. I view it as a season. A a few weeks ago we ventured to the pumpkin farm as has become our tradition. We walked around in the mud, took ...
Nov 05, 2012
On Saturday night Halloween finally came to Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Because of the rain and fear that accompanied Hurricane Sandy on October 31st , the City of Pittsburgh postponed trick-or-treating until Saturday, ...

October 30, 2007
Sometimes you need a reminder that things don't have to be serious all of the time...
http://chatonsworld.blogspot.com/2007/10/halloween-aint-just-for-kids.html

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