Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that affects red blood cells. It affects more than 72,000 Americans, primarily those of African heritage, but also those of Arabian, Asian, Caribbean, Indian, Mediterranean, and South and Central American ancestry. The disease is a lifelong condition that may result in serious health problems. Complications can include painful episodes (crises), […]
Lately, I find that parents need to be involved in their children’s education a lot more than when I was growing up. In Florida, for sure I can say that they stress FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) on these kids so much that in my opinion, they do not teach the kids the fundamentals or the […]
So this school year, we have decided to send the kids to school with lunch instead of them eating in the school. Our main reason was more so that we can control what they eat. Granted the school maybe providing somewhat healthy lunch even if the kids thinks that the food is nasty, we just […]
This past weekend I attended one of my high school friend’s wedding and lawd was the tears just flowing. While the groom was waiting her late arrival 🙂 they played “Where Have You Been” by Rihanna and this brought on my tears. Granted I always cry at weddings, this one was a bit much for me. My […]