“You’re getting fat.” “You’re so skinny.” “You work out too much.” “You don’t work out enough.” “Get some meat on your bones.” “Your butt is huge.” “She’s so tiny.” “That baby needs to eat.” “She’s nothing but skin and bones.” These are all words I’ve actually experienced and have been addressed with as a woman [...]
A father is defined as someone who brings into being, brings into the world, or gives life. "Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad"- Anne Geddes. A dad is someone’s father; however they provide parental care by supporting, loving, raising, and sheltering that child. It is said [...]
I never imagined that being a stay at home mom would be so fulfilling, rewarding and fun. Well I must not forget how hard it is either. Not every mom is built to stay at home and that’s okay. I think I may be one of those moms. I adore my children and I love [...]
As a young black girl, travel was not something I often did, if at all as a kid. We did not spend summers in Disney or travel out of the country to some lavish villa. We may have visited six flags over Georgia a time or two and the Washington Monument in D.C. But who [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME (cues Disney happy birthday song)!! If you have not heard the happy happy birthday song, try waking up in my house on your birthday and you’d know it by heart. I started this tradition playing the song every morning for Alydia’s birthday and now it’s a tradition for the whole family. [...]
I had my baby girl seven whole months ago and gained a whopping 43 pounds. “I’m going to work out while I’m pregnant" is what I told myself but that never happened. “I’m going to work out after I have this baby so I can get my body back” yea, that never happened either. Getting [...]
"There is no one who takes care of us as lovingly as our mother does. She is our living God" - Unknown. It is such an honor to have a designated day to celebrate the most important women in our lives, our mothers. On today I honor and celebrate my mother who raised me to [...]
Thank you, everyone, for at least reading my very first blog post. I hope you will return, but if you do not, I appreciate you taking the time out to at least see what Goins Places is all about. If you have not already, please take the time to read my about me page to [...]
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