Wine About It

Since the dawn of ages, pink was representative of girls and blue was representative of boys. Everyone knows this! The labor and delivery floor of hospitals and anyone at a baby shower. Never did you go to a gender reveal looking to see purple or green. The same way these colors are universally known for who they symbolize, is the same way we know the stick figure on the bathroom door with a dress to mean female restroom and the figure without the dress to mean male restroom. Because skirts are for girls; that’s just what it is. 👗

Do-rags and bonnets are NOT culture…it’s bedroom wear. Definitely not to be confused with decorum. Where is the self respect when walking out your front door? Where is the positive representation for self, family, and institutions you’re associated with? Believing that your outward presentation stops with just you is selfish.

When does guiding, protecting, and checking up on your kids go to far? Or does it ever? And what can be the consequences of not? How do you balance teaching respect, privacy, and boundaries when they perceive you as over stepping them all? So many questions! Let’s dive in and try to tackle them all.

Oh the joys of potty training. No two kids are ever alike in this area…except for they don’t want to do it! Guess what kids, parents aren’t hype about it either; just the knowledge that one day it will be done…and hopefully sooner vs later. In the meantime…send help! 🚽

With all the crazy things being put on our food, in our food, and things we eat that aren’t even food at all, it’s prompted the inquiry of how to make many of our everyday foods from scratch. They say you are what you eat, and I refuse to accept being genetically modified and bio-engineered. Being aware has me wanting to be Betty Crocker…at least where I have the time. 🥣

Current talk on the town is raising the national minimum wage to $25 per hour. While this may sound great to anyone who’s not there currently, this sounds horrible when thinking about the future of America’s economic state. Sure, you may now meet the minimum three times the rent to have an apartment, but you can also expect to pay an easy $12 for a burger…without fries and a drink. Yes, people need to make a wage to live, but why strive for self betterment when one can ask “does that complete your order?” and live in the same middle working class neighborhoods, that prior, required true effort and years on the job to obtain.

You would think postpartum is the period of realigning mental, emotional, and hormonal changes to their new norm while of course being sleep deprived and constantly needed by another. But the oldest baby is now 3 and I’m still experiencing various issues caused by the shape shifting task of carrying and delivering a whole human. Yes, postpartum problems that never went away and are showing their face in the worst way possible. Here’s my attempt to navigate. 🤰🏽

👔 Happy Father’s Day to all the great male role models out there; today is your day! Tune in as we discuss the ups, downs, fears, and fun moments of fatherhood and parenting in general. Find out what dads really want for Father’s Day. And if you’re an 80’s baby, reminisce over your parents’ hottest tunes of the time.

Graduations are a time for celebrating, not fighting. A time to walk across the stage with poise, not ratchet activity. To show up in your Sunday’s best and relish in the completion of hard work. I really need those graduating and those in attendance to have some class! 🎓