16 with two little sisters..

My son recently turned the big 16! Im excited and sad all in one, it means he's really growing up, yet he will always be my baby. Anyhow, the girls and I drove across state to see the young chap and give him a good time for his day. We had such a great time, totally ignoring the heat and enjoying every moment of bonding we had. For me having all my children within my sight at once is never a dull moment. ~K.yms H.appiness

Add Luna to the picture and everything is serene.

 I trust my son will always be there for his sisters, exactly my hearts content.

The Adventures of Skirt Girl and The Mayor

My promise to my Kids: I am not your friend. I am your Mother. I will stalk you, flip out on you, lecture you, drive you insane, be your worst nightmare & hunt you down like a bloodhound when needed because I LOVE YOU! When you understand that, I will know you are a responsible adult. You will never find someone who loves, prays, cares and worries about you more than I do!

I bought my Girls a few #GwenSteffani #HarajukuMiniCollection pieces T

The entire Collection is priced within reason, so why not!!! Im a huge fan of the California Girl Gwen Steffani and therefore I could not wait for today, the Collection Launch date! Heres a few pics of the pieces I picked up today 11-13-11

                                        I love the Hamburger Retail Tag! Kudos to Gwen Steffani!

To Lead a Girl to Womanhood



Open her eyes
to the blessings around her
Show her that beauty and
goodness surround her.
Help her to trust in the future,
not fear it.
Teach her that dreams are the winds of the spirit,
Guide her with wisdom and
gentle persuasion
For she is God's pleasure
-His flower of creation.

Raising a child is not an easy task, especially for the mother. She has to be there with her child to guide his/her every step, and with time, also make him/her independent enough to take his/her own decisions. The responsibility of a mother increases all the more when she is a single parent. Apart from giving the nourishing love of a mother, she also has to provide her kid with the protective and strict guidance of a father. On top of that, if she is not even recognized for her efforts, it hurts a lot.

A mother's love begins
Before the child is born
And lasts through time
And difficulties
And differences
And many wounds
And days of joy
And days of sorrow
Winding, wearing
Weeping, sharing
Changing
Until, at the end
What remains
Is that solid core
That began as love
Before the child was born.

 



Mother, Friend, Daughter R.I.P "Toya Baby"

ON DEC. 19, 2005, Ronald Wysinger's 18-year-old son Georgio was shot and killed while he was riding in a car in East Oakland.

He had just completed a program for teens against violence.

Wysinger had a horse-drawn carriage transport his son's casket down International Boulevard to Fuller Funeral Home. Georgio had always talked about having a carriage for his wedding day.
At the time, Wysinger wrote in a letter to the Tribune: "This symbolizes my son's last ride on the very streets that took his life. But for others, I hope that it symbolizes courage and sparks a flame and starts a fire of change."
Instead of succumbing to bitterness and hatred, the elder Wysinger dedicated himself to trying to help prevent other young people from losing their lives in the crazy cycle of street killings that has engulfed Oakland. Wysinger became a member of one of the city's Measure Y Street Outreach teams. Night after night, he dons a white jacket and goes out to hot spots in an effort to reach young men who feel that they have no alternative but the streets. He tries to calm the anger and defuse violence before it turns deadly. Mostly, he says, he tries to show young men who've often had to raise themselves that someone cares about them.
Wysinger calls it "the Lord's work."
On Sunday, Wysinger's faith was again put to the test when he lost a second child to gun violence in East Oakland.
His daughter, LaToya Kenny, was shot and killed on International Boulevard during a sideshow. Kenny, 28, from Union City, and Eric Bush, 29, from San Leandro, were fatally wounded.

Kenny had two young children; Bush had three. Another 28-year-old San Leandro woman remained in the hospital Tuesday in critical condition.
Police haven't been able to glean much because, as is so often the case, witnesses aren't talking.
A video obtained by a local television station shows a man walking away from the scene with a gun by his side.
Kenny and the other shooting victims had been attending a large block party near 88th Avenue and International Boulevard that apparently had turned into an illegal sideshow. A few hundred people were hanging out watching cars spinning doughnuts. Sometime around 9:30 p.m., someone started shooting into the crowd.
Some have criticized the police for not sending units to break up the gathering before the shooting broke out. They say the sideshow had been going on for hours. Police spokeswoman Holly Joshi confirmed that the department had received calls about sideshow at the location. However, she said that OPD, which is operating far below strength, was dispatching its limited number of units to higher priority calls that involved immediate life-threatening situations.
Police Chief Anthony Batts cracked down on sideshows in late 2009 after a series of sideshow-related fatalities.
Batts credited the The Safe Oakland Streets Project, a collaborative effort between police and the community, with the sharp reduction in sideshow violence in 2010.
This was the first fatal sideshow since the crackdown.
Joshi urged residents to steer clear of the dangerous events.
"Anytime you see a sideshow starting," Joshi said, "turn around and leave."
Kenny's mother says that she had gone to the block party to try to get her daughter and her friends to depart.
She was too late. One minute Kenny was asking her mother for lip gloss, the next she was on the ground.
Wysinger found his daughter's body in the street.
He had last seen Kenny four days earlier at a family gathering for his sister's birthday party.
Kenny was a graduate of James Logan High School in Union City and Chabot College. She had been working as a medical records clerk at the Valley House Rehabilitation Center in Santa Clara. She was raising her own daughter and had adopted a friend's child.
The night after her death, Wysinger was back out on the street in his white jacket.
"I don't want people to give up on the Measure Y program. It really works," Wysinger said. "Sometimes, things just happen."

The Mommy In Me

My children are my Muse. My best inspiration comes from them. I love having two young girls and my oldest (the protecter) is my son. Children are the most precious gift God could ever give you, they are beyond the gift of your own life. Everything I do in this life is for the benefit of my little gifts from God, and this Blog is all about them.

This little Diva is Ms Khailanie La'Naye, she is Mommies "Trend-Setter", because she sets the pace everyday. Even at 2 1/2 she has theStyle and Attitude of a true Diva, the girl just knows what she wants. What I love is that we can actually shop together and she really gives me great feed-back, imagine that from a 2 year old!