Archives for August 2020

This is one of our recent members of the bookshelf, and we love it. Reminding our kids that they are enough is super important, and this book is such a good way to remind them. “I Am Enough” by Grace Byers is LoveDemitra approved.

Sometimes all we need is a little mommy medicine. No matter how old you are, nothing is better than some ‘Mommy Medicine’. I don’t know about you but I still call my mother everyday, for advice, for reassurance, when I’m sick, yup pretty much for everything. A mothers Job really is never done, even when you’re grown!

“Mommy Medicine” by Edwidge Danticat is another one of Lala’s favorites. If you don’t have it you should definitely add to you bookshelf!

How many of you still need some of that ‘Mommy Medicine’?

Hello Fam

I hope you all had a great start to your new week. I was stopping by to ask you all what kid books are you all reading to your kiddies? Also, will you all be interested in me posting what books we’re reading?

Last night while reading Lala one of her favorites “Princess Hair” I said you know how many little girls can benefit from reading this book.

Lala has always gone to school with girls whose hair looks a lot different than her, so I make it my due diligence to teach her to love her hair just the way that it is. She has came home and told me stories about this one not liking her hair, and no lie her responses are epic. Y’all remember that time one of Lala’s classmates said he didn’t like her hair (Kids are so damn rude), and she said “well I don’t care if you don’t like it, because I like it” I swear Lala really makes this parenting thing, such a great experience. Can’t wait till I retell her all these stories.

Sometimes she would tell me that she wants her hair like this one, and I’d stop her right in her tracks; “Who are you”, and ” who are they”, “you can only be you”. One time she said she wanted her hair like Rapuzels, i said “well too bad Rapunzel can’t braid her hair so beautifully like yours, If I were Rapunzel I’d want my hair like yours”. One tip about raising kids; you have to get creative lol, because they’ll keep you on your toes, and you gotta think quick.

I say all of this to say lets teach our black daughters to love themselves, as well as their hair, this book “Princess Hair” by Sharee Miller can help you with that too.

Have you all had any similar stories? I wanna hear?