Dear DCFS, this is 2010, Thought You Should know

2010 and your website looks like a scene from Jumping Jack Flash circa 198? Illinois this is a FAIL. How many children are without homes because you are behind?

By Mrs.Tiye | May 19, 2010
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Advice from the Cos…and What We Need to Do

Following people who you don’t expect to do the talking on Twitter is interesting. You never know if it is their facts and ideas, or if it is just their team. Then something amazing happens. Proof. I follow @BillCosby. Today, he posted a link to his Cinch account. Cinch is a program that links with Twitter and Facebook where you can basically tweet your voice. I’m in love. But [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Apr 29, 2010
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Three Booktalks!

Alright, so I missed a couple days…I know, bad me. So, lucky for you, I’ve included THREE stories for you. Books about grandfamilies, foster care and other family building options are in today’s video! For one of the books, I didn’t have the book on hand, but I do have some pics for you! So, since I’m behind,..I’m gonna shut up and let the vlog do the talkin! Hope and [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Sep 17, 2009
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Can a sistah get some better representation?

So, in my other life, I’m a school librarian. I spend a lot of my time reading books. So the past week I finished two young adult novels,Keysha’s Drama of the Kimani Tru Series by Earl Sewell and Ball Don’t Lie by Matt de la Pena These were absolutely amazing Young Adult genre novels and I would definitely recommend them to teens and adults alike. However, what stuck out to [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Sep 1, 2009
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Wow.

So, I was searching for stock photos for my next blog, and I got so sidetracked by what I found, I had to stop and blog about that instead. I did a search for royalty-free images (on this site – http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/adoption_4.html)of adoption and guess what I found? Out of the 8 pages of stock phots I found…95% of them showed Caucassian parents with African American children and bi-racial same-sex couples [...]

By Mrs.Tiye | Aug 29, 2009
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Consider Foster Care even within your family!

My husband and I have been assisting our mom(my mother-in-law) with caring for her great niece and nephew since the youngest was born. The need was there, and we have never really looked back about whether or not to help, it was something we knew to do. As my mother-in-law gets older, the statements have been made by other family members that we are needed to step up more and [...]