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    Thyme for some shrimp and grits!

    Savory shrimp and grits recipe
    Thyme for some shrimp and grits!

    My promise as a Boy Mama

    This week "Me Too" statuses took storm in the U.S. The point of these statuses were to raise awareness about sexual harassment and assault. Putting it out there to give a sense of the magnitude of the REAL problem. Not sure who started it, but I am glad SHE did. As I scrolled through Facebook and other social media platforms, I saw so many. So many that it gave me goosebumps. Some I knew, some I didn't, and some I was hoping to see, but they didn't post. A few women were shar
    My promise as a Boy Mama

    Surfing for a cause

    For those that know us, know the struggle we have endured due to dealing with cancer. From personal experience to knowing others going down the same journey, it is not easy. It will never be easy. Since my diagnosis in 2014, our family has met so many people dealing with the same struggle. Some still fighting the battle (kicking its ass), and others have lost their war. There is a big problem with cancer; it goes beyond the financials, the illness itself, or the harshness of
    Surfing for a cause

    Schezwan sauce and the weird purple vegetable.

    That weird, oddly shaped, purple vegetable. The one that you probably walk right past every visit to the market. It's probably the vegetable that the creator of Barney was inspired by. The EGGPLANT. To be honest, this vegetable stinks. It is bland and lacking any enthusiasm. I need my food to be exciting. However, Shandy continues to buy it. My wife loves this thing. After years of her buying it, making it, she still had to bribe me to eat it, until we finally found a great s
    Schezwan sauce and the weird purple vegetable.

    Falling For Summer

    It is not a secret my wife is always on the go. Long before kids, and long before we were in a serious relationship she told me "I need to travel, whoever I end up with better love to travel as much as I do". She wasn't kidding. Have to give credit to my in laws for setting me up for this mess though. Shandy was fortunate to have the opportunity as a child to travel overseas. Meanwhile I was probably digging in my backyard in my pajamas. If there was such thing as a "travel g
    Falling For Summer

    Selfish Parenting

    I'm a selfish parent, I have no shame in admitting it. I love my kids. I do everything I do to be able to provide for them. However, I love myself (and my sanity) just as much. Before you assume this means I am a bad parent, it doesn't. It just means I still value myself and have held on to my identity outside of being "M-O-M". There is absolutely nothing wrong with being selfish. I am sure you are already thinking "I'm not a selfish parent"... But aren't you? Think about it,
    Selfish Parenting
     

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