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I wish I had this girl helping me when I do my chores

Soulful Struttin’ by ulia Pierre Hammond

October 16, 2024 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

The title of the last book review was supposed to be, “I finally have gotten everything I have written, posted.” Then this morning I read one more picture book that is officially due late October/early November 2024, and I read via an online reader copy. Plus, I had just one more to post yesterday, but couldn’t get to it so it didn’t matter anyways! The book cover is the first thing you (obviously) see, so you know that you will have a diverse cast of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry Tagged With: African American & Black, Ana Latese, chores, family, fathers, fathers & daughters, house cleaning, Imagination & Play, music, parents, Sunday, ulia Pierre Hammond

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:504 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fiction, Health, Poetry · Tags: African American & Black, Ana Latese, chores, family, fathers, fathers & daughters, house cleaning, Imagination & Play, music, parents, Sunday, ulia Pierre Hammond ·
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“Shame is the enemy of functioning.”

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help by K.C. Davis

March 26, 2021 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I’ve spent the past few years unpacking a lot about myself, doing the work in therapy, reading up on things that sounds like perhaps they are me. In that I’ve also started dealing with the fact that I struggle with care tasks – what you might more easily recognize as “chores”. I always have, I don’t remember a time when completing care tasks came easily, or instinctually. And, when I’m in a bad headspace it all gets so much worse. But, I need to stop […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 31 Days of Compassionate Help, care tasks, care tasks are morally neutral, chores, faintingviolet, functionality, housework, How to Keep House While Drowning, impossible tasks, K.C. Davis, Shame

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 31 Days of Compassionate Help, care tasks, care tasks are morally neutral, chores, faintingviolet, functionality, housework, How to Keep House While Drowning, impossible tasks, K.C. Davis, Shame ·
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