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The hospital gave my son this adorable plush pillo The hospital gave my son this adorable plush pillow before his procedure yesterday. He needed tubes in his ears because of constant ear infections. He's been struggling with them for the past 6 months. For each and every ear infection, I worked from home while my little guy screamed and cried. I prayed each ear infection would be the last. I knew I couldn't rely on my soon-to-be ex-husband. I learned to rely on myself. The last time I saw my ex in person, he refused to cooperate with co-parenting. Our son was in middle of what would be the first of many ear infections. I managed by myself. Taking care of a special needs toddler is a lot of work, but I'm honored to serve my child. I have everything I need to get through any challenge. And I know I can turn to supportive people for help. I don't expect anything from anyone anymore. So this huge plush pillow was a nice surprise ๐Ÿ˜
Hey friends! โฃ โฃ โฃ Whatcha doinโ€™ this Frid Hey friends! โฃ โฃ โฃ Whatcha doinโ€™ this Friday? โฃ โฃ โฃ Weโ€™d love for you to join us for a conversation on how learning a language can challenge social norms for Black language learners. โฃ โฃ โฃ Just bring your beautiful selves and a desire to have a discussion about languages and the Black experience. โฃ โฃ โฃ And donโ€™t forget to get your questions in! Theyโ€™ll help guide our discussion. โฃ โฃ Please DM Elle @speakingtonguespod or Errol at @morenitamommyโฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #languagelearning #blacklivesmatter #multicultural #representationmatters #socialchange #BIPOC #melaninbloggers #melaninblogger #melanin #biracial #diversity #poc #blackgirlsblog #languagelearning #bilingual #multilingualblackwomen
How can we show up for ourselves more in the langu How can we show up for ourselves more in the language learning space?โฃ โฃ โฃ Simply by being #Black, are we defying preconceived ideas of what Black people are โ€œsupposed to doโ€?โฃ โฃ โฃ For a deep discussion on questions like these, join Elle from @Speakingtonguespod and Errol @Morenitamommy on October 15th, 2021 at 4 PM EST| 3 PM CST | 1 PM PST. โฃ โฃ โฃ Weโ€™ll talk about the beliefs around being Black that we grew up with and how those beliefs impact us as Black language learners. โฃ โฃ โฃ Please come stop by with your thoughts!โฃ โฃ โฃ If you have questions, please submit them to us! DM @speakingtonguespod or @morenitamommy โฃ #languagelearning #blacklivesmatter #multicultural #representationmatters #socialchange #BIPOC #melaninbloggers #melaninblogger #melanin #interracial #biracial #diversity #poc #blackgirlsblog #languagelearning #bilingual #multilingualblackwomenโฃ
This week my email got hacked! ๐Ÿ˜ซ If you got a This week my email got hacked! ๐Ÿ˜ซ If you got a phishing email from me about some earbuds, please ignore it. And if Google tells you to change your password cuz it's been compromised, do it! Or you'll suffer the consequences like I did. Still had a pretty nice week and I hope you did too. Happy Fall y'all!
๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ? โฃ โฃ I definitely wasn't asking myself this when I pulled into the downtown parking garage and looked up to see the person across from me crying in their car. โฃ โฃ Before I separated from my husband, I rarely had access to my own car. I felt trapped in my own home. Often while I'm driving I break down into tears because I can't believe I stayed in such a relationship for so long...โฃ โฃ I wasn't sure what the person across from me was going through, but I felt that the least I could do was comfort them. โฃ โฃ Because I know what it's like to need a good cry. โฃ โฃ To have your vehicle as the only safe place where tears can flow freely. โฃ โฃ To not be OK but powering through every workday like you are. โฃ โฃ I was waved away but I checked in with them one more time before reminding myself that I needed to get to work. โฃ โฃ After work, I noticed a sticky note on my windshield. Here's what the person wrote to me: โฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ช! ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ <๐Ÿน ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ!โฃ โฃ You never know what someone is going through. But it doesn't hurt to be a good human and check in with each other. Hope everyone is doing all right.โฃ โฃ ๐ŸFall is just around the corner! โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #blackgirlswhobog #mommyblogโฃ #twincitiescollective #fempreneurs #blackgirlsslay #melaninblogger #mkbkids #mnblogger #minnesotablogger #newbloggers #trilingual #blackgirlsblog #minnesotagrammers #womeninbusinessrock #browngirlswhoblog #diversityandinclusion #bossladies #blackgirlskillingit #freelancewriter #blackbusinesswoman #melaninbloggers
๐”๐๐๐Ž๐๐”๐‹๐€๐‘ ๐Ž๐๐ˆ๐๐ˆ๐Ž๐: ๐‹๐€๐๐†๐”๐€๐†๐„๐’ ๐€๐‘๐„ ๐๐Ž๐“ ๐€๐‚๐€๐ƒ๐„๐Œ๐ˆ๐‚ ๐’๐”๐๐‰๐„๐‚๐“๐’โฃ โฃ Some of us have been conditioned to see them that way, right? โฃ โฃ Ok, in terms of school, technically they are academic subjects. I mean, you gotta put something on your academic transcript. โฃ โฃ But my point: ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ . โฃ โฃ Those are usually determined in high-pressure environments anyway. โฃ โฃ And I can guarantee you that people setting these "standards" either don't look like us or understand the discrimination rooted in some of these practices.โฃ โฃ Weโ€™re surrounded by different languages every day so itโ€™s important that we see them as a part of our everyday life. โฃ โฃ Agree? Disagree? Talk to me!โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ#languagelearning #polyglot #trilingual #learnjapanese #languages #learnjapanese #speakjapanese #ใ‚นใƒšใ‚คใƒณ่ชž #bilingual #multilingual #language #international #studygram #languageblog #polyglotproblems #polyglotlife #polyglotbaby #littlepolyglot #bilingualbaby #bilingualism #translator #interpreter #ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž #ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใฎๅ‹‰ๅผท #copywriter #blackgirlblogger
๐ŸŽตMusic is a great way to keep language learning ๐ŸŽตMusic is a great way to keep language learning going! ๐ŸŽถโฃ โฃ But unless you're singing, ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ . โฃ โฃ Singing along to nursery rhymes and reading bilingual books with my son has been instrumental in building enough confidence to speak to him. โฃ โฃ I also point to the illustrations in the books we read and ask in our target languages, โ€œWhat is this character doing?โ€ or โ€œWhat colors do you see here?โ€ โฃ โฃ Not a fan of music? Mix your interests with your languages. โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธโฃ โฃ Think of some of your favorite hobbies or things that you enjoy doing with family. โฃ โฃ There's a way you can work in your target languages in some of those activities! โฃ โฃ Do you integrate language into your life with your family?โฃ โฃ โฃโฃ โฃ โฃ#languagelearning #polyglot #trilingual #learnjapanese #languages #learnjapanese #speakjapanese #ใ‚นใƒšใ‚คใƒณ่ชž #bilingual #multilingual #language #international #languageblog #polyglotproblems #bilingualbaby #bilingualism #translator #interpreter #ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž #ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžใฎๅ‹‰ๅผท #copywriter #blackgirlblogger
Children remember effort and dedication!โฃ โฃ ๐ŸŒฑ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ตโฃ โฃ Nurturing their little brains now gives them an advantage, too. They will be more likely to pick up a language in the future.โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿค— ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ & ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บโฃ โฃ The more you make speaking another language part of your routine, the more your child will start to associate learning a language with you.โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿพ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโฃ โฃ You donโ€™t have to have a โ€œknackโ€ for languages either.โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธ๐Ÿง ๐ŸŒฉ๏ธโฃ โฃ Take a moment to think of the people around you (IRL or virtual) who can hold you accountable for your language goals. โฃ โฃ Is it your daily phone call home? โฃ โฃ Chatting on Facebook with your cuz? โฃ โฃ Think of situations where you could invite some language experimentation.โฃ โฃ Now that youโ€™ve got some ideas for using languages, letโ€™s talk about some techniques that you can use! What works for you and your family?โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ #bilingualkids #polyglot #trilingual #bilingual #bilingualbaby #multilingual #languageblog #polyglotlife #bilingualism #bilingualmom #multiculturalfamily #learnjapanese #studyjapanese #ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชžๅ‹‰ๅผท #blackbloggersunited #mixedfamily #blackgirlboss #multilingual #bilingualkids #bilingรผe #languagelearning #language #copywriter #languages
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