Every Day Is Mother’s Day Tour, Deatri King-Bey – 5/12/2008
By APOOO • May 12th, 2008 • Category: Every Day is Mother's Day •
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ABOUT ME: Deatri King-Bey began her career in publishing as an editor at Third World Press. With four novels under her belt, Deatri’s Whisper Something Sweet won the 2008 Emma Award for Best Steamy Romance. When Deatri is not trying to rule the world, she enjoys writing, reading, and her all time favorite– harassing her husband and children.
Favorite Flower: White Roses
Favorite Drinks (non-alcoholic and alcoholic): Sparkling White Grape Juice
Favorite Pastime: Harassing the children and hubby
Favorite Vacation Destination: A cruise to anywhere
Favorite Tea: Green Tea
Favorite bath and body scent: Sweet Pea
Favorite makeup brand: N/A
Manicure or Pedicure: Manicure
Facial or Massage: Must I decide? Both
Favorite Song (right now on your play list): Have tooooo many favorites
The Baby Boomer and the Millennial
Drugs, sex, music, war–Many see the Baby Boomers as the first generation to allow outside forces to come before raising their children. Drugs, sex, music, war, reality television–Many see today’s young mothers–Generation Y: the Millennials–as a lost generation and their children are left to their own devices. I cannot tell you about groups of people, but I can tell you about two phenomenal women. One a Baby Boomer, the other a Millennial.
Like many of you, my family had little money while I was growing up. Truth be told, we still do not have much, but that is a different discussion. Mary C. Hodges, Baby Boomer extraordinaire and my mother, had her first child a few months after she turned sixteen. A year or so later, her husband, my father, was shipped to Vietnam. Needless to say, those first few years of marriage and motherhood were difficult for her.
Fast forward to five years after I was born (thirty-five not too long years ago) when the doctors informed my mother I had Dyslexia.
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You can find Deatri on the Web at:
http://deewrites.blogspot.com/
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