Nikki’s Life

In all of my 31 years, I've never-- (1) lit a grill (2) placed meat atop a grill (3) flipped meat that was on a grill (4) removed meat from a grill (5) stood near a grill  I don't do fire.  Read On!>>> So yesterday when Dr. Daddy called to make sure I hadn't lost my ENTIRE mind (with the pre-k…

Not Boogie, though.  Me.  I just got back from dropping my baby-- MY BABY, LAWD!!-- off at her pre-k Montessori situation and although that ugly cry kept creeping up into my throat, I managed to make it all the way back to the car without entirely losing my shit. I only stayed for about 10 minutes and in that time,…

#GroundZero #QuikTrip My heart is back in Ferguson but my ass needs to be here in D.C.   Read On!>>> started in State College now we hurrr...  #TheAmericanUniversity #SchoolOfInternationalService Mostly because we've been traveling for a month, but also because both Dr. Daddy and Gia start school on Monday. Can I get an Amen? And although I can no longer…

So you know when I say that I'm going home to St. Louis?  What I mean to say is that I'm going home to Ferguson, MO, a northern suburb of STL. Read On!>>>  On Saturday, hubby called and told me that there had been a shooting around the corner from my parent's house.  Other than a backstage convo about how…