I am the single, co-parenting mom to 2 teens. A 15-year-old daughter and a 17-year-old son. Here, you find stories about my experience parenting teens, navigating the college process, and being a caregiver to a child diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Myasthenia Gravis.
My name is Roketa Dumas and I was a spoiled child. They say admission is the first step and I desperately didn’t/don’t want my children, especially my daughter, to be anything like I was in…
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**Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by InComm, Inc but all opinions are completely mine. #SaveMoneyGiveBetter2018 #sponsored** It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I have always loved Christmas but, admittedly, I loved it…
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If you’ve been following along on my Insta Stories, you know my 13-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Ocular Myasthenia Gravis in April. She originally showed signs of the autoimmune disease at the beginning of 2016 when…
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I was recently involved in a conversation regarding teenage babysitting rates and the “fair” amount a teenager should receive to watch 2 children, ages 3 and 9 years of age. Their services would be needed…
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The Beatles were on to something when they sang “Money Can’t Buy Me Love”, but that doesn’t people from using it as a way into the heart of their loved ones. You don’t want to…
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When I initially moved out of my children’s father’s house, things for the kids continued as they always had … for the most part. Though I’d moved into my own apartment, we still continued to…
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If you plan on showing up in your regular clothes, with an open book bag, claiming you’re a student, that gets a negative Ghost Rider and it may be time to think of some trick or treating alternatives.
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To my sweet boy on your last day of middle school, It seems just yesterday I was enrolling you in TK class at Charlotte Montessori and now I’m enrolling you in classes for high school.…
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If you are a single parent, you’re likely not enjoying too many after work hangouts at the “prime” pick up spots … think club, bar, an awesome childless sporting event, anyplace you would have been…
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