Who’s Watching the Baby Part 2 by Angel McNair
January 29, 2012 by ShalenaD.I.V.A
Filed under D.I.V.A Mommy
…A week later, on March 26, 2000, I got a disturbing call from my neighbor. “ANGEL COME HOME. YOUR BABY IS BREATHING FUNNY. MITCH RAN OVER MY HOUSE WITH YOUR BABY. YOU NEED TO COME HOME!” Within a few minutes, another neighbor called me, letting me know that Aunya had been rushed to the hospital [...]
Who’s Watching the Baby? Part 1 by Angel McNair
January 23, 2012 by ShalenaD.I.V.A
Filed under D.I.V.A Mommy
The summer of 1998 was crazy. My son’s father got locked up for selling drugs and I got evicted from my apartment after he shot at a neighbor. All of this happened right after the birth of my son, David. For 2 months I had to stay with my god-sister until my new apartment was [...]
If You Only Knew by Elaine Broaster-White
April 18, 2011 by Elaine Broaster-White
Filed under D.I.V.A Mommy
Did you know that almost five children die every day as a result of child abuse? Did you know that child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education? Did you know that children who experience child abuse & neglect are 59% more [...]
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep…
October 18, 2010 by ShalenaD.I.V.A
Filed under D.I.V.A Mirror
As I sit here listening to music my mind takes me on a journey, one that I try to forget. I am eight years old and living in Indiana again. Instead of basking in memories of playing hop scotch, double dutch, red light- green light, and my favorite; hide and seek, I remember going to [...]
