Living Black Love Is...

• Spending the day with your hubby and your first child on his very first birthday.



• Seeing your husband beam with pride as the child the two of you created gets his first haircut.



• Taking photographs together in celebration of the day and wearing a smile (a real one).



• Opening birthday gifts together with your son who cares more about the pen you're writing with than the gifts that are being opened.



• Getting into a little spat with your hubby while opening said gifts, and knowing how to squash it and move on.



• Taking your little man to one of his favorite places - day care - to celebrate with his friends.



• Thanking God for blessing you with the hardest two jobs in the world - wife and mother.

Love This!

About a month ago, we dedicated our son to the Lord. For those who don't know, a Baby Dedication is similar to a Christening; the parents commit to raising their child as a Christian. One of the followers of this blog attending our son's Dedication, and this was her email to me after the fact. I asked if I could post it here, and she said it was no problem.

Thanks for inviting us to the ceremony. I loved you and Johnny’s letter to Little Johnny. I forgot to mention to you what I noticed at the dedication ceremony. It pleased me to see about 12 couples up on the stage getting their babies blessed. I have never seen that many couples at a baby dedication. There was only 1 single, teen mom in the group and at least she and her baby had the strong support of her family. Each couple read letters to the congregation and their child stating the promises that they were making in regards to the child’s upbringing. I noticed that about half the men took the lead in reading the personal statements and were really getting choked up upon talking about how much their children have changed their lives and how much they loved their children and wanted the best for them. So, I guess black love is not dead and all black men are not deadbeat dads. Thank God! Somebody needs to report on that in the media.

I hope you love this note as much as I do. Have a great weekend, all!