![]() A name from the credits come to life, Treasure Brooks will be here to help us fill the gaps. But you’ll also get to hear from one of my day ones here on the show. ![]() You may even get to hear some very sleep deprived notes from home from me. There’s one in particular that I am just dying for you to hear. We’ve got some fantastic, powerful, incredible episodes planned for you. So I’m going to try to practice what I preach for the next few months and lean on some of my incredible teammates around here, so I can be with baby M. We also talk a lot about our collective responsibility for and to each other. And Ai-jen Poo helped us understand the true cost of caretaking in the United States. We’ve talked to Nicole Chung about the tough conversation she’s had with her daughter about violence against Asian-Americans. You’ve heard Senator Warren talk about how student loan debt makes it hard for young families to buy a home. ![]() But the new addition to our family, we talk a lot about family leave on this show. So last week, I told you all my very big news that I’ve been holding on to for a long time. On the show today, I’m talking to Elizabeth Alexander, the renowned poet and author of The Trayvon Generation about raising joyful children.Įlizabeth Alexander: You know, my mother would often say to me when I said like “Oh, this and that, and my worry.” She’d say “But they live in your house, don’t they? Do they not live in your house?”īrittany Packnett Cunningham: But first the news. I pray that your week was as incredible as mine and that the weeks ahead are full of blessings that absolutely blow your mind. And I was not at all embarrassed by how stinking cute he looked in it.Īnd of course he would be the one to make his homecoming during the week that Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and those of the Bahá’í Faith all celebrate our holiest days in the same month at the same time for the first time in decades. I was absolutely that mom who bought the white linen shorts with the embroidered bunnies and the matching polo onesie. And something down in my spirit told me that even though our little one came Earthside early, that he’d be coming home right on time. In our faith tradition, it’s the holiest week of all. And I’ll tell you, I told Reggie all the way back in December that our kiddo would be home with us happy and healthy by Resurrection Sunday, also known as Easter. ![]() But I appreciate so sincerely how welcoming a community you all continue to be. Reggie and I, we just feel so deeply honored to know that our transparency really resonated and gave some folks som hope.Ī lot of y’all said you cried, my bad. We got comments from so many of you across social media and in our inboxes and in our podcast reviews, in our text messages about how last week’s episode made you feel and about your well-wishes for our little strong one, baby M. I gotta tell y’all I’m just overwhelmed in the very best way by your supremely generous response to the news about our growing family. Please note: This transcript has been automatically generated.īrittany Packnett Cunningham: Hey, y’all it’s Brittany. Motherhood, Love and the “Trayvon Generation,” with Elizabeth Alexander
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