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Binzopa

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Binzopa is a children’s poem audio book featuring all eight of my kiddie poems. I noticed that a lot of parents liked my children’s poems when I first posted them last year. When I posted the second batch of poems last week my brother and sister both said that I should make a book. After reading them to my nieces and nephews I noticed that all children do not learn the same. Some children are visual learners and learn by reading and writing. Some children are auditory learners and learn by hearing and speaking. Some children are hands on learners and learn by watching and doing. I was impressed when my five year old nephew told me “I’m supposed to eat veggie tables, because that’s what you said.” I didn’t think he was listening and paying attention when I was reading the poem but apparently he was. He memorized everything that he heard me say in the poems. He also memorized how many months away everyone in the family’s birthday was by hearing his dad tell him. My four year old niece ...
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The past is over and done with and there's no going back to change it but in order to know where you're going you must know where you come from. Oh the joy that comes with looking through all of the photo albums with my family and being reminded of the beautiful memories I had growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina with my four siblings and my mom and in Kinston, North Carolina with my father and grandparents and all of the fun times we had together. It's comforting being able to look at these photos and not have any regrets. These are some photos that I wanted to include in Rhyming Outside the Lines but I didn't have access to at the moment.   baby Jehania (9 months old)   1986 - 6 months old, me and my sister My mom said everyone thought I was a boy because I didn't have any hair.    age 3 - My obsession and love for hats dates back to 1989.     1998 - Grandaddy's obituary    ...