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Solo Mother

March 12th, 2008

Racists, bigots and nuts, OH MY!

I give up. The only lesson today’s politics are teaching my son is that America is full of a bunch of racist, bigoted, crazy, selfish, narcissistic money-grubbers. OH MY GOD. Obama’s BLACK? Geraldine Ferraro just noticed that, it seems, and sees fit to accuse America of the biggest Affirmative Action campaign of the EEOC’s history. […]

By christina -- 5 comments

January 22nd, 2008

A loss of innocence with Martin Luther King

Friday morning, riding the public bus to school, the King of Everything turned to me and asked, “Did you know, people with white skin are white people, and people with brown skin are black people?”
My blood ran a little cold. “Yes, sweets, I knew that. But I didn’t think you did.”
He leaned across me […]

By christina -- 8 comments

December 14th, 2006

Single mother choices, guilt and belonging

I can’t do right by my son. If I could do right by my son, I’d be a stay at home mom, or work part time, and pick him up after school every day. We’d play Candyland and fingerpaint, bake cookies together and read as many stories as we want to. He’d have his mama […]

By christina -- 4 comments