The Melody Effect

Finding a Home - By Shayla
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Finding a Home - By Shayla

My Little is going to be four in several months, and I cannot fathom how I would have navigated such a vulnerable time if we hadn’t found a home with HOM. I know without a shadow of doubt that if given a chance and a choice, I would say yes to this HOM, again and again and again. Every. Single. Time.

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The Real 4th Trimester             - By Rae!
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The Real 4th Trimester - By Rae!

The black girl who was always striving to do well and make others proud. Focused on her studies, got a great job immediately after high school, and worked full-time at night while going to college full-time during the day. I navigated that world to become a woman in the grueling fast-paced world of corporate America where you constantly have to prove yourself. Now add new motherhood and being woefully unprepared. That was my journey.

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Sick Babies               -By Sheri
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Sick Babies -By Sheri

What will I do when I'm dried up for good? Who knows.... I know the right thing and perhaps the most important thing to do is to keep her alive by any means necessary.

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