23Nov 2011 by Jakora Holman No Comments
Holiday Hoe Down

Holiday Hoe Down

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The holidays are upon us again. I think I've made it no secret that the holidays are a tough time of year for me.  Why? This concept of FAMILY. What does it mean? Most would lead you to believe family is blood. Family are the genial relatives who make you feel worse about yourself sometimes before you feel better. But think of SATC. Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte were a family, no? Were they not there for each other through good, bad, up, down, left, right and upside down? The Holidays always force me to face the reality of what I define as my family and make me choose between spending time with my "family" and my FAMILY. The other day I worked myself into a tizzy thinking about my Thanksgiving…
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09Nov 2010 by Jakora Holman 1 Comment

Baby Names . . .

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SO.. the other day I had the brilliant idea for my future son's name. In the past I was absolutely in love withe name Quincy or Quinton (I wanted him to be called Q and be HOT like Omar Epps in Love & Basketball LMAO). But last night I decided (unless my future husband in against it) that I want my son to be named after my uncles. I do want a junior as well, so if my husband is able to convince me to have multiples then I can use both. My uncles names are Glenn Tracy and Spencer Eric. Now of course that is four names and I wont use all four, so I'm thinking my child's name will be Glenn Eric or Eric Glenn. I love the…
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20Oct 2010 by Jakora Holman 3 Comments

Keep your family & business completely separated

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5. Be more family oriented – I’ve been trying for the past year. I’m an  only child, who’s not close to her mom, so sometimes I really just don’t care about family events and all those good things. But this year I’ve spent Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family, went out with a cousin for her birthday, and got myself a (future) god-child. They say family is all you’ve got, so let’s see . . So, lately I've been conducting a social experiment on my family. And as I began to write my findings I remember what I wrote back in late 2009 with my (NON) New years Resolutions and I figured now as the year is winding down I can reflect back on this. I feel like lately being…
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01Oct 2009 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Giving up your adopted kid, for adoption?

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I guess Anita Tedaldi never thought she'd have her name spewed across the internet news pages. But when she decided to write about giving up her adopted son to a new home after 18 months, she opened that door. Short Story Short: Anita has 5 kids, a husband in the military, and decided to adopt a child. She said she'd always wanted to adopt, and didn't go into it blindly. She became the proud mother of "Baby D" when he was just under a year old. After 18 months with D. she found that she could no longer be his mom because they were having "bonding" issues. After reading her blog about the ordeal, I get the sense that she did really care for him. I don't think it was…
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