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Open Letter to Andrew Holness: Jamaica’s Black Soul Scar; Crime

by on November 28, 2016

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My name is Shandean. A late 1980’s millennial born and raised in Jamaica. Tonight (or this morning rather), at 2:49am as I feed my 6-week…

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Becoming Mother: The First Month

by on November 19, 2016

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My baby is so tiny and stinking cute! Of course, I’m aware this is more than a little bit influenced by my exponentially biased ‘mom…

Becoming Mother: Postpartum Body, Mentally Acclimating

by on November 12, 2016

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It’s been a month since I had my little Pepperseed and it seems the time has gone up in smoke. That’s easy enough to feel…

Pregnancy to Becoming Mother

by on November 8, 2016

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Now that First Pregnancy Series is over, I am taking on the next chapter, Becoming Mother. I stare at her a lot. Cuddle her, kiss…

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Labour (Or a lack thereof) & Delivery Story

by Shandean Reid on October 27, 2016

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Finally, after months of fretting about what labour would be like and my ability to handle the pain, needless to say, I had resigned myself…

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Third Trimester Pregancny Update

by on October 23, 2016

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I’m fat. The third semester was daunting as the last stretch. In the beginning, it went by kind of fast, but by the time I…

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5 Interesting Things That Happened To Me During Pregnancy

by Shandean Reid on October 4, 2016

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Pregnancy is a beast. You will never truly know what it’s like or realize how messed up it can be until you actually go through…

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10 Factors Affecting How Much you Can Charge your Clients

by on September 21, 2016

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A Husband’s Perspective on Pregnancy

by on September 14, 2016

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I haven’t made a blog in quite some time. I’m more inclined to make some comments about football and write a long ass post about…

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Pregnancy Update: The Growing Bump

by on September 1, 2016

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When that first positive appeared on the stick, one of the first things I envisioned was my growing belly. How would it look, how would…

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This is Shandean™

by on August 30, 2016

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I realize this should probably have been my first blog post, but it’s better late than never right? Let me introduce myself. I am Shandean,…

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10 Things No one Tells You About Your Wedding Day

by on August 21, 2016

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Wedding day

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Pregnancy Update: My Husband is Pregnant Too!

by Shandean Reid on August 13, 2016

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My husband is pregnant. Well, not physically. (Obviously) We are prone to forget that while our many symptoms as pregnant women are felt by us…

Relaxed Hair: Simple, Haircare Regime

by on August 11, 2016

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My last hair blog spoke of my dead end hair journey a few years back. To refresh, I abandoned it because it was simply not…

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Pregnancy Update: Skincare Routine

by on August 5, 2016

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“Beauty is skin deep”. Yes, yes it is. It would appear ny pregnancy pieces are all bout phenomenons I found shocking and/or enlightening throughout my…

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Pregnancy Update : Second Trimester

by on August 1, 2016

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You know how they said it will get better in the second trimester? Well…. I’m happy to report that was indeed my experience. This isn’t…

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A Father’s Importance

by on July 30, 2016

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I don’t know any paternally ‘delinquent‘ men. With the perpetual insistence that black men of today are more often than not avoiding or ignoring their…

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The Modern Traditional Woman: The Married Individual

by on July 5, 2016

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My last article spoke of the The Modern Traditional Woman, focusing on the acquiring of a fulfilling career and family life. This piece is on…

The Modern Traditional Woman: Having It All

by on July 2, 2016

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Sounds like quite the oxymoron, does it not? Perhaps, but it describes the woman who doesn’t want to be boxed in. (At least in my…

First Pregnancy Series: Stretch Marks. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

by on June 30, 2016

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Stretch Marks. They were never something I worried about much before becoming pregnant. I guess I always just felt like they’re a natural part of…

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DIY Beauty Tips

by on June 19, 2016

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DIY Beauty tips are essential, wouldn’t you agree? I’ve often heard that I am the kind of woman one would label as high maintenance. See,…

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Pregnancy Update: The Stares…. Why?!

by on June 15, 2016

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When I first mentioned to my husband that everyone stares at me now, he concluded that they always stared and I just wasn’t conscious. That…

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Why I Scrapped My Relaxed Hair Journey

by on June 11, 2016

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The short answer is pure and simple. IT DID NOT WORK! (See evidence in photo above.)

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Pregnancy Update: The First Tri’MESS’ter.

by on June 9, 2016

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“Pregnancy is beautiful.” Haven’t we all heard this? Haven’t we all heard how much women love carrying life? How absolutely wonderful it is? So, that’s…