My father used to say this to us years ago and weight of his words revisited me this past week as I toured northern Italy with my children and grandchildren. For those of you who tuned in last week, I shared my first impressions of arriving in Venice, the floating city. I was awestruck. I…
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Making Christmas Count – Part 3
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 It didn’t work out for my husband and I to spend Christmas this year with our kids and their families. But one of the great things about being retired is that we can come and go as we please (and as our budget allows). So we spent a…
Making Christmas Count – Part 2
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 The Great Christmas Tree Hunt 🚙 🧔🏾 It all began with my Dad and a trip to my grandparents property which held a fairly good number of pine trees. We only had real trees for Christmas so the scent of that pine is firmly planted in my…
Making Christmas Count – Part 1
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 👩🏾👨🏾🦱👩🏽🦱🧒🏿👧🏽👩🏽🧔🏾🧑🏾👨🏾I come from a family of nine kids. Yes, that’s right. There were nine of us. Six girls and three boys. 🤵🏾👩🏽💼🙏🏾 I don’t know how my parents did it but with faith in God, hard work and lots of prayer we all made it out of…
Lost and Found
Anyone who has ever been through a move knows there’s always at least one thing that goes missing from one place to another. It doesn’t matter how carefully you label your moving boxes or how much time you put into packing every crevice of your U-Haul, something is going to get lost. _ It’s fortunate…
Throwback Thursday-Family Matters
📸 Have I got a Throwback Thursday for you all today! _ 🚚 Moving can be really hard on young kids because it can mean long periods of separation from extended family. _ 👨👩👧👦 My husband and I come from large families with lots of brothers and sisters and even more cousins, aunts and uncles. We made every…
Thanksgiving from the #TeamMCESS
🙏🏾 Thanksgiving is a time when we gather with family and friends to give thanks for all we have received throughout the year. – 🥰 This year, I am especially thankful for all of YOU!!! – 🤗 May God bless you today and always! Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours! – 💁🏽♀️What are you thankful for today?
Children Must Be Seen And Heard
👧🏼👦🏾👧🏻🧒🏽👧🏿🧒🏼👧🏽👦🏻Every child needs to know that they are seen, heard, and important. — 🕰 As adults, we must make the effort to give undivided attention to our children. — 🙇🏻♂️🙇🏾♀️🙇🏽♂️Moments of quality and quantity time impact a child’s identity, self-esteem, confidence, and behavior towards others. — 💁🏽♀️ What are ways that you show your children they are…
Support Your Child’s Learning
In my experience, many fathers desire to be active participants in their children’s education but don’t know how to work with them. – When they use my project-based curriculums, they are able to facilitate their early learners’ education while having fun doing so! – You can help me equip parents to unlock the genius in…
Strong Foundations
🌎The world opens up to anyone who can read. – 📚This first has to be modeled for children in ways that demonstrate the power of the written word and encourages a love for books at the same time. – 💁🏽♀️ What are ways that you build a strong literacy foundation in your family?
Throwback Thursday With My Daughter
😊I’m pulling out another photo from my archives this throwback Thursday, and it is very special to me. _ 🤱🏽Here I am holding my firstborn child, my daughter and namesake @martacyoungblood! (…I’m also rocking a pretty sweet afro 😁.) _ 🥰Marta and I now have the privilege of working together, and that is a blessing from…
Literacy Matters
🌎 The world opens up to anyone who can read. _ 📚 This first has to be modeled for children in ways that demonstrate the power of the written word and encourages a love for books at the same time. _ 💁🏽♀️ What are ways that you build a strong literacy foundation in your family?