Football in the south is sacred. College football, in particular, can lead to divided households particularly a battle between Florida State and the University of Florida. Whether you’re a Gator fan or die-hard Seminole fan, the love for the game runs deep. My husband started out playing pee-wee football, followed by flag football and all […]
Author Archives: Tricia Sportsman
I’m not sure when it happened, but over the last five years, I have become obsessed with my phone. It had gotten so bad that it became a huge distraction for me while I was driving. My phone was constantly in my hand. In trying to be ‘safe’ I would only look at it during […]
I can’t breathe. I’m sick to my stomach. My heart hurts. I can’t breathe because I get choked up every time I think about it. I can’t breathe because I’m suffocating under the weight of it all. Not again. How do I, a mother, a BLACK mother find the words, the breath? How do I […]
If you’re new to Florida, the threat of a major hurricane can be overwhelming and scary. With Tampa Bay area schools closing and kids at home, finding information and resources, staying up to date on the storms potential track and making preparations around the home is a lot to juggle. To make it easier, we […]
The enduring image of 2020 will most certainly be a face mask. But when we look back at pictures of ourselves, will we glimpse a smile behind the mask? Walking into my neighborhood Publix, I pull a white fabric face mask out of my purse and loop it over my ears into place. This is […]
I wonder if our kids are living through a moment in history, or the beginning of a whole new way of life? Remember after the September 11th attacks, we almost immediately knew things would never be the same? Terrorism became an everyday term; we’d never again be able to walk off an airplane and into the […]
It’s so important to keep things fun in any relationship, especially after becoming parents. Planning and making time for each other takes a lot of work and effort. Things can get a bit more complicated because we’re still dealing with the pandemic. However, date nights should not end. The weather is starting to get cooler, […]
In the spirit of Halloween, I want to write about a spooky and downright terrifying subject. The word mother-in-law. A word associated for centuries with ancient creatures of darkness. I believe that there is nothing scary about the word, mother-in-law. Through history and over time it seems like we have created this negative stereotype of […]
“Please have your agenda items in by Sunday at 4:00pm.” “Thank you kindly for the reminder. If you could have YOUR agenda items in by the same time, that would be great!” Sounds similar to something we’d hear at work right? That’s actually a couple of texts sent between my husband and me. Why do […]
We are expecting! Wait didn’t we just get married?! My husband and I found out we were pregnant just a couple months after saying I Do. It wasn’t planned but it was a welcome surprise. I hadn’t been feeling well and had a hunch of what it could be. One morning I decided to take a […]