Moon Mami Writes

Khari's birthday last year when she turned 6 This week was a countdown to my daughter's birthday which is tomorrow. So, appropriately, it was a week filled with tons of emotions, experiences and celebration. My daughter turns 7 years-old tomorrow, and that means that I have reached the 7 year-old point as mama. Boy, how time flies. No More Ninny but Time for Boyfriends-- ALREADY! So, last week, I got an email fro my daughter's teacher telling me that my daughter Khari had been spoken to for writing notes in class. Upon reading the notes, the teacher wanted me to know that my daughter was talking about being so happy about her new boyfriend. Yes, my 6 year-old was giddy over getting a boyfriend. I got the email while she was riding the bus home. When she got home, I greeted her at the door asking her how her day was. She was vague as usual (6 year-olds give the worst recaps if you're looking for sequential order and descriptive terms upfront. Info comes in spur...

On April 17, I facilitated a writing workshop for GED students at Southeast Ministry in Washington, DC. Loved it. I introduced the students to poetry interpretation using Robert Frost's popular poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" before leading them into a series of writing exercises, stressing the importance of showing instead of telling when writing. I had a ball and really connected with the group. ( In photos above are the students that I worked with. The last photo is of me with three of the ladies in the class. Two of them were part of the group I worked with last summer.)