Robin Jessie-Green
Bio
Temple University BA and AIU Online MBA Alumna.
Content Contributor for Medium, eHow, Examiner, Experts123, AnswerBag, Medicine-guides.com and various other sites spanning a decade.
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Stories (44/0)
What we teach our kids when we don’t take care of ourselves
You love your children with everything you’ve got, but what’s sacrifice got to do with it? What do we teach our children when we don’t take care of ourselves first? Are parents not worthy of self-care? When you put everyone else’s needs before your own, you may experience self-neglect. Neglect means uncared for properly and is a form of abuse. Are you telling your children that parenthood is a form of self-abuse?
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Families
WordPress is no Blogspot
Back in 2008, I established my first blog More Mama Please?!, on the Blogspot platform. My entries were filled with TMI and overflowing with spilled tea. Eventually, I decided to showcase my writing rather than merely journal for the world to see. On Blogspot.com, it was and still is simple to post, update, add links and embed videos. It’s easy to be a Blogger on Blogspot. WordPress is another story.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in 01
Is Crazy Contagious?
At the end of the month, when Joanie came home from the hospital she was sweet and cheerful like she always was when she took her medicine. She was on something new, Depakote this time. She came home in someone else's clothes probably from the hospital lost and found or something someone donated, but it didn't matter. Joanie was a natural beauty.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Families
A Drug Addict Saved My Life
Taking the stairs like a toddler limited my ability to hold my pee for more than a minute or two. Hand on railing, lead with left foot, bring up right foot, left foot, right foot. Pause and breathe. Begin again. An accident would revert me back into a full fledged child. So, no tripping and no pee-pee pants on my watch! Because of my limitations, I avoided stairs. You just don't imagine this being your reality when you're barely forty years old.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Longevity
Is Crazy Contagious?
A couple of years back, when she was lucid and taking her meds regularly, Joanie opened a savings account for me at the bank. Since I was a minor, her name was on the account too, but I got to keep the passbook. Joanie was not parting with any money so the fifty dollars required to open the account was birthday money from my sister Liv's boyfriend at the time. He was the only one who remembered to get me something. No other deposits were made and the fifty bucks was all that was in there besides the chump change in interest it had accrued. That is, until I came up with a plan.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Families
Is Crazy Contagious?
It was Friday. I had overslept after staying up late to cram for an exam. Late comers were held in the lunchroom during first period so rather than missing my English test, I decided to cut school. This way I could forge a note and take the make-up later. Normally, Joanie would have jumped on my case, but today she was preoccupied. Now I know why. She must have known today was eviction day; that makes one of us.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Families
Avoiding Baby Mama or Baby Daddy Drama with your Ex
Breaking up with someone and staying civil is hard enough when it's just between the two of you, but when a child is involved, it can be a bit dicey. Having spent the past decade as a parent working with an ex to raise a child, these steps have made it easier to focus on what matters most-- our child.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Families
The Black Book
Imagine a world where being sexy is a super power of sorts. That the reason why people are swayed, empowered and compelled to break banks, break ties, break hearts and break bones is due to pleasurable persuasion. A world where the famous and powerful are such because of their enticing allure rather than their intellect and merit? This is the world in which we live, you are simply unaware and we’d like to keep it that way.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Filthy
A Drug Addict Saved My Life
Relationships are complicated. Everyone knows that they aren’t black and white. The best ones are in full technicolor. My girl calls me “O”. She determined years ago that I give Oprah Winfrey level advice. The highest compliment for an advice giver there is. If I’m Oprah that makes her Gayle. Gayle and I have been friends since our freshman year in highschool. I didn’t know we were besties until she introduced me as such to someone a long time ago. I agreed with her and we’ve been rocking ever since.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Humans
A Drug Addict Saved My Life
Hoisted up and turned face down, I resembled a bloated rotisserie chicken. It’s called prone positioning when a patient is placed on his or her abdomen to breathe easier. When you’re on your back, other organs compress your lungs. So, with the change in positioning and the help of a ventilator, you're given a fighting chance-- temporarily.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Humans
Sex in the time of COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease
The world has been disconnected in the time of COVID-19 Coronavirus. The pandemic has changed the way people relate, due to quarantine, hands-free interaction and social distancing. So, what can be done about a human’s nature to desire affection, to desire touch or a warm embrace?
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Filthy
A Drug Addict Saved My Life
Addiction, hmph. Something my donor and I had in common. I guess the main difference was the source. It’s acceptable when you’re hospitalized and monitored. Even then, things can get out of hand the more your body builds up a tolerance to pain meds. I was even counseled on my habit, although it developed under the care of multiple medical professionals during my hospitalization. That’s like the corner boy pulling you to the side to discuss your drug problem.
By Robin Jessie-Green3 years ago in Psyche