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Is “Rhodes Must Fall in Oxford,” driving me against Iconoclasts?
A friend, and I do not use this word lightly…but it is important to note that, this friend is someone I have never met physically. Our...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 31, 201510 min read
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Santa Bebe Came Into Town!
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Yesterday was Christmas 2015. In our household, that means, first and foremost, “Santa Comes into...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 27, 20155 min read
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I am sad, but I am happy —Year-Long Musings
I am sad, but I’m happy Another year, another 365 days going down. Plenty of soul-searching, reviews, pondering, and hope. What else...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 23, 20153 min read
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Non-Religious Celebration of Christmas
I never thought I would willingly and consciously arrange for Child of Mine to celebrate Christmas at my own volition. Not since I quit...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 15, 20157 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving 2015!
Happy Thanksgiving America and the World! Wherever you are! I have not witness a very warm Thanksgiving Day in a long while! It was 55F...
Doreen Lwanga
Nov 26, 20153 min read
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Parenting on a Shoe-String of Hope!
Parenting is not for the faint-hearted! Bet you have heard that plenty of times …! If you have not experienced parenting as yet, I am not...
Doreen Lwanga
Nov 16, 20154 min read
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Profiling Kids By What they Write
Profiling carries a negative connotation, and is pretty much a taboo in our society! More scary “profiling kids”, especially within a...
Doreen Lwanga
May 24, 20152 min read
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Internationalizing Black History Month
I “We learned about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We will learn about Chinese New Year, the presidents, …” Wait, isn’t February Black...
Doreen Lwanga
Feb 17, 20152 min read
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Lost In Translation…Between Santa and Religion…
I am revisiting the discussion about parents celebrating with their children, or is it children celebrating with their parents, or...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 26, 20144 min read
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Kids are Cultural “Whores”: Wait, can you say the “W” with Kids…?
It is amazing how quickly kids switch cultural identify. Well, if like me, you believe that “language is culture”, that’s what I am...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 25, 20144 min read
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Amidst the Economic Hardship, Parents are Still Raising their Children on their Terms
Even amidst the economic hardship that has defined America’s workforce for nearly a decade, parents are still raising their children on...
Doreen Lwanga
Sep 4, 20145 min read
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Watching TV as Productivity!
I will be the first to admit that I used to beat down on people who “watch TV”. I was always big mouthing how “TV Rots Your Brain”....
Doreen Lwanga
Jul 15, 20145 min read
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Letting children learn the way they read! Lessons in Parenting and Homeschooling a Toddler
Call me a terrible mother! But I am a self-confessed Uganda-Chinese-French-America parent, and in that order! Uganda, because that is my...
Doreen Lwanga
Jul 13, 20145 min read
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Everyday, I have to understand Racism
Dr. Jeremiah Gibbs, a white married christian male shared his “coming of age with racism in America”, when he wrote, The Day That I...
Doreen Lwanga
May 15, 20149 min read
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Job Interviewing Taboos –
We have all been to a job interview. By the time you get there, you have done a little bit of research about the institution you are...
Doreen Lwanga
Mar 24, 20145 min read
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America the Beautiful!
It’s been a while, since I sat down to write something thoughtful. Forget about the daily email traffic, and posts on social media....
Doreen Lwanga
Feb 7, 20146 min read
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!
It is the New Year 2014! Hoping, everyone is happy! I am getting a little scared lately. I do not feel I am being very productive yet!...
Doreen Lwanga
Jan 14, 20143 min read
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Christmas for the non-religous
I stopped celebrating Christmas as a religious event, about ten or more years ago. I cannot exactly recall. But I still observe it as...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 25, 20135 min read
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Embracing the Holiday with Beautiful Sad Memories of Loved Ones: Gone too Soon
I have been quite teary lately! No! I am not experiencing abuse or torture! Absolutely no family drama or loses! And I am not pregnant! I...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 20, 20134 min read
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WHAT I LOVE ABOUT AMERICA
I have been writing this piece for over a month now; both in my head and on my laptop! I really should get it off the laptop and...
Doreen Lwanga
Dec 7, 20134 min read
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