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Hey!!! 💕I’m still here just taking a little

Hey!!!
💕I’m still here just taking a little break.

💕I really appreciate my IG and IRL friends who have checked on me.

😖I had some family emergencies; everyone is fine. Just enough panic to remind me to refocus on what’s important.

💫Ironically, my cr8tive energy has been on 🔥. There’s something about working on the things that God has put on your heart for only you to do. The best part is the these divine downloads are going to help other people. Thank you Lord for always giving me something good to focus on in the midst!

Everyday isn’t going to be ☀️ and 🌈 . But I am thankful for knowing how to dig deep and find joy even on hard days.

🤯Hopefully nothing else crazy pops off and I will see you on Sunday at 8ish on my IG stories for the Cr8joi Sunday Check-In.

Until then share below anything that gets you into a place of REFOCUS. ⬇️

#refocus
#maskup
#betteryetstayhome
#besafe
#blacklivesmatter
#cr8joi

Dads lift you up; Pick you up; And will always cre

Dads lift you up;
Pick you up;
And will always create joy!
Happy Father’s Day! 💕 We love you! Share a 🖤 below if you agree⬇️

Happy Juneteenth! 💕🖤💕 I leaned a WHOLE LO

Happy Juneteenth!
💕🖤💕
I leaned a WHOLE LOT of Black History from my parents, especially my Daddy.
👀
I didn’t learn about Juneteenth until college. ✊🏽
Now the Black Lives Matter Movement has everybody WOKE (or shook)! And Black 🖤 is everywhere and I LOVE IT! It has to keep going to create real change and drown out the racist fools, who are trying their best to keep us stuck and choking on hatred and lies. 🗣
We’ve never celebrated Juneteenth in our family before. 🖤
But given all that is going on in the world, I’m feeling an even deeper pull to learn, be, do all the things. I was already “Extra Eboni” so... next year Juneteenth it’s ON! (I say next year bc we are still in quarantine-mode over here and I need the proper celebration supplies! AND PEOPLE inside of 6ft. to celebrate with!)
🎉
I’m praying that we are witnessing REAL change and that history is in the making. It’s been a long time coming...still waiting...
🙏🏽
Like my parents, and their parents’ parents... I’m praying that my children’s experience will be different. 🙏🏽
I’m praying that my little girl will learn the richness of her own culture and others in school, not the crappy one-sided lie history I was taught in school. 🙏🏽
I pray we can teach her to be proud, resilient, joyful in the midst of adversity, and to stand boldly in her blackness.
📖
We just finished reading this book for bedtime. We talked about so many things: •We know some of our ancestors were enslaved, we don’t know who or where or when. •We talked about the sadness that comes with not knowing them and what they went through. •We talked about my Great Grandpa being the son of a sharecropper born in 1899. His parents and grandparents would’ve been alive during the Emancipation Proclamation. •There’s still so much more to unpack. 🖤
Race has always been apart of the conversation but now it’s THE conversation. I pray families in non-Black homes are having these hard conversations with their children, friends, and family. 💕
After this 😷2020✊🏽 year, I’ll definitely be ready to celebrate with some baby back ribs and @faygo Rock’n Rye pop! (It’s pop not soda!)
🖤
Please share your Juneteenth reflections⬇️

What are we doing with the kids this summer Mrs. C

What are we doing with the kids this summer Mrs. Cr8?
After the crash covid school situation, we are creating joy!!! Most days, here is what we are doing: ✏️ Summer Bridge Book
1 page + Skill Focus (one skill a day that my child really needs to work on)
🏖 Sand
Ours came from @homedepot 💦 Water
Water table, pool, sprinkler, slip and slide, anything that makes getting wet fun!
🤓 Read for 60 minutes a day 40 minutes independently, 20 with an adult at bedtime
🎨 Crafts and time to be cr8tive. I’ll share more on my stories this week. Get your painting supplies ready!
📓 Journal Writing
1-2 times a week write a story; tell me what you did today; Just write! If the girl was a 3rd grader or older, journal writing would be daily.) And as for me, the Mommy, the human woman...
I’m just trying to...
💆🏽‍♀️Regroup!
🗣Finish my sentences and my water.
🧠 Use my thinking brain and get creative. 👩🏽‍💻 And of course, get caught up with work (flips to March 10, 2020 🤯) There’s more up my sleeve, but bookmark this for now and keep up with my IG stories if you are looking for more inspiration.
What are you doing to create joy this summer?

#cr8joi
#cr8joikids
#summerwithmrscr8
#cr8joisummer
#letthemplay
#summerfun

These #blackcreators truly create joy in my world.

These #blackcreators truly create joy in my world. Don’t take my word for it, go see for yourself. Please add to this list and share your favorites in the comments! Let’s spread some love!💕 (Not in any particular order, just cr8tive peeps who inspire me!) #cr8joi

Hey now! I haven’t had this many new faces since

Hey now!
I haven’t had this many new faces since Amy made my famous pot roast.😂 (The recipe is in my highlights!) Welcome to the #cr8joi community!
I am Mrs. Cr8, here to inspire you to create joy in your home, heart, and family.
Are you ready? Let’s go! ❤️It goes down daily in my Instagram stories. My stories are always better than my feed. Please share, bookmark, DM, or comment on my content, that’s the whole point. 💗On Sundays around 8pm-ish we check-in. Are you in position to #cr8joi for the week ahead? The Sunday Cr8Joi Check-In is where it’s at, don’t miss it! 🖥Cr8joi.com is my blog where I share about Mom Life, Home Life, and Cr8tive DIY’s. Please join my newsletter when you visit the blog, it’s at the top of the website. 📖 I’m the author of two children’s books: Granny Angel Butterfly: Butterflies Are Forever and Pop Pop’s House. My books are for sale in the cr8joi.com/shop. 👩🏽‍🏫As a former Elementary Educator (15 years), there is always a dose of teaching and learning in my content. 💕I have a Teachers Pay Teachers store (Store Name: Mrs. Cr8) that I need to pay some attention to but the resources in there are tried and true. My best selling resource is a research project, entitled- My Famous African American. This project showcases the accomplishments of African Americans. If you are looking for a structured project to teach Black History, go check it out.
I am mommy, wife, and sandwich generation daughter. Sandwiched meaning, in the middle of raising my own family while caring for aging parents.
Whether you are new or an “OG”… I am grateful that you are here, let’s share how we live, love, and learn together.

Are you new or an OG? 💕=OG a follower before June 2020 🤩=A follower since June 2020.

Share your emoji in the comments.

#iammrscr8
#cr8joi
#cr8joilivelovelearn

🖤Matters🙏🏽#blackouttuesday

🖤Matters🙏🏽#blackouttuesday

🕷 “Mommmmmmy!” The cry of death is how I wo

🕷 “Mommmmmmy!”
The cry of death is how I woke up today. Apparently there was teeny tiny spider on the ceiling.
🗣
Every mother and child knows that call. It’s a part of the mom instincts package. You can hear your child in a sea of children, in a store, on a playground...you know your baby’s every cry.
👶🏽
You know when your baby needs you. The call that makes you jump into action before you can even assess what’s happening.
🛠
When I became a parent, it became clear that first sleepless month, just HOW much work my mother poured into me. I wondered how many times did Mommy come running to rescue to help, to fix, to listen. I cannot remember a time she did not, so I’m unable to quantify it. 💕
My sister was about 2 when one of my Mom’s friends and her daughter came over for a swim. The daughter was about 4. We were all in the house, gathering the snacks for fun pool day. Mom had just poured a tall tumbler of favorite Pepsi on ice, when we heard “Mmm-!”
🏊🏾‍♂️ The visiting child was ready to swim and had lead the way to pool and was tall enough to open the sliding doors.
🏃🏽‍♀️
Before I even knew what was happening, my Mom had jumped in the pool and snatched up my little sister just as her head went under water. 🛑
She didn’t stop to take off her shoes. I don’t think she even touched the ground- from the kitchen, dining room, to the sunroom and patio. 🦸🏽‍♀️
She don’t even spill a drop of Pepsi! 👶🏽
Baby in one hand.
Still bubbling Pepsi in the other. 💦
Her friend asked “Well was the water wet?”
💦
Mom said “Noooo!” As she held my startled sister tight.
🩹
It wasn’t until later that she evening that she even noticed her sprained ankle.
😢
I just can’t erase hearing George Floyd calling out for his Mama. This horrific video being played over and over and over again...
💔
I can’t imagine her pain, watching her baby being murdered on repeat. 💔
Her mommy instincts wishing somehow she could have came to his rescue. 🕷
This wasn’t a harmless spider. 🙏🏽
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