Rainy days bring their own relief
It’s the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and already the season is rushing in to blow us out the doors. Too much to do, no time to do it.
I sat at my desk simultaneously juggling four projects that are begging for attention, let alone looked at bills that need to be paid, emails that need to be responded to, and calendar items that are stacking up three by three.
Tin’s Adoption Birthday is fast approaching. December 7, 2009 and oh what a day it was! At some point after missing yoga and circling my piles on my desk, I walked downstairs to sit on the screen porch and contemplate my life.
We are building out the website for Transracial Parenting and all of its accompanying social networking links. Kwanzaa is approaching and honestly I don’t know the first thing about the holiday and how to celebrate it, but I want to incorporate that into our holiday tradition.
Kwanzaa is an African-American cultural holiday which originated in 1966. Created by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is celebrated from Dec. 26 – Jan. 1. Each day of the celebration focuses on one of seven principles (“Nguzo Saba”). The name, “Kwanzaa”, is taken from the Swahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza” which means “first fruits.”
I know clearly that my life has brought to me all of its challenges and glory for me to work on self-improvement, on self enlightenment, on self-awareness in parenting Tin, and all lead to my self-actualization as a person.
I know this to be true. That doesn’t mean it is not exhausting.
December 24th, 2015 at 9:58 pm
Hi Villager, I’m going to go over and check out the Kwanzaa celebration. But I came over pmlarriiy to wish you and your family a blessed and wonderful holiday.