Convos With Cam

03/15/2023

I jumped in to go get my god brother for and happened to glance at my odometer to see #1867, not once but twice. As you may recall, my beloved alma mater, was founded in 1867. And if you know any , we are exceptionally hype as we get ready for . All this to say that .

03/03/2023

Remember when I said March was full of celebrations. Well March 2 in particular is a great example.

Slide 1 - my beloved alma mater is celebrating 156 years of Black Excellence. Today is Howard's Charter Day. Extra shout out to the Men's basketball team for winning the MEAC regular season championship, and the Men's swim team for winning the NEC championship late last week.

Slide 2 - Today is and Dr. Seuss' birthday. Everyone loves Cat in the Hat.

Slide 3 - Today is also my mother's birthday. My mother and my Soror. Speaking of Sorors....

Slide 4 - (such a great number) - Happy Charter Day to the Sorors of the Hayward Tri-City Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Slide 5 - Happy birthday to my niece piece!

03/01/2023

Welcome to March. So many things to celebrate, Women's History Month, Sisterhood month, Charter Day (Howard), birthdays, the coming of Spring, Daylight Savings 🙌🏾.

As we welcome in a new month, tap in about what you're most looking forward to below.

02/14/2023

While some are celebrating Valentine's Day or some version of it, today hits different for me as today is the first anniversary of my grandmother's passing. I miss Verna terribly but I know that I'll see her again. I feel like the first one hurts the most, they hurt less over time. I'll have a piece of peanut brittle in her honor (from See's of course).

02/14/2023

If you're celebrating with your girls, your friends or your love (s), may your Feb 14th be everything you need it to be. And if Valentine's Day isn't your thing, today is still .

02/08/2023

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02/01/2023

Well damn that was fast. How did we get to February so quickly?

01/01/2023

This is what I wanted my first post of 2023 to be but the Town would not let me be great.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year as we welcome January to the room while remembering that it's a good time to grow. H/T to for the last photo.

Cheers to 2023

01/01/2023

2022 has certainly been year full of lights, some high, some low, but in all, I made it to and through it. This year I had my fair share of doctor’s visits, complete with biopsies and outpatient procedures, domestic and international travel, celebrations, breakups and losses, level ups and outs, joy and pain, sunshine and rain.

Some points of consideration (as represented by mostly selfies):

January - friends with filters who play too much, kicking the year off with good food, good friends and another year of sisterhood, scholarship, service and social action.

February - showed up and said see you later to my grandmother and celebrated four years of being Sag8cious.

March - took a last minute trip to spend time with my Bison boos, celebrated a milestone birthday for the munchkin and another month of shared sisterhood.

April - showed up and celebrated love and helped support local scholars.

May - despite a major disappointment, celebrated another revolution around the sun.

June - went to London, Reno and a Bison pool party, celebrated a hard fought accomplishment for the Munchkin.

July - tried a new hairstyle, found a new profile picture.

August - more travel; two stops in Texas, reconnection with my sisterhood.

September - took some lumps but also celebrated a win or two.

October - showed up for family, went “home” for the first time in almost ten years and took my favorite picture of the year.

November - honored my grandmother for her favorite holiday, in a way that was special for both of us.

December - had some real disappointments but found a way to find some holiday cheer.

2022 showed and taught me a lot and I’m ready to see and learn more in 2023, cautious but optimistic. More to come….

12/25/2022

I don’t know about you but I just haven’t been much into the holidays this year. Maybe because 2022 had just been such a year and I’m missing some of my loved ones, maybe because times and things are changing. I’m not forcing anything this year. Big chillin’.

If ever there was a time to this is surely the time.

May this Christmas and the holiday season be all that you need it to be.

09/20/2022

Do you know what today is? Today would have been my dad’s 78th birthday which means it’s also my 2nd anniversary with Convos With Cam! Because I love birthdays, I have a gift for you….A New Episode!!!!

I know it’s like but where you been and the only thing I can really say is Life Been Lifin’. New Season with the intentional promise of doing better. That’s what I have for now.

06/20/2022

Like Mother's Day, Father's Day comes with a multitude of emotions. I know that Father's Day is tough, especially for those who had great relationships with their fathers and their fathers are no longer with them physically.

This is a photo of me and my dad circa 1979. I miss my guy so much. But I know I'll see him again. Until then,

05/28/2022

Dear Tuggie,

It's been ten years, TEN YEARS, since I heard your voice, gave you a hug, told you that I loved you. It's been ten years since you passed. And it's been five years since your brother joined you in Heaven.

A lot has happened since you left. I'm sure you see a lot of familiar faces over the years and some recently. I know you and your mother-in-law are up there cutting up and I hope you are getting along with your brother-in-laws.

Some highlights over the last ten years, mostly from my life:
*Still driving Pumpkin even though she's tried to give up the ghost a couple of times

*I went and graduated from Grad School at (2017)

*I started working at (2021), I even started commuting similar to how you used to. I might have to go to Su Hong one day soon, for old times sake

*I am an active member of (2018). Aunt Clem is happy, so is Mom.

*I've had some surgeries, procedures and biopsies. (2015, 2021, 2022) My health has gone to 💩, especially as of late. I'm working fo get back on track but it's certainly a journey.

*I've had some heart breaks, some romantic (we don't worry about them because I don't think you would have liked them anyway) and some platonic. (2012- current). In all cases, it did hurt but I also learned from them.

*The Warriors have won the championship a few times (2015, 2017, 2018) and are positioned to do it again. That Steph Curry guy is working out pretty well. Gary Payton has a son on the team also.

*Speaking of sports, the Raiders moved to Vegas (2020), the 49ers moved to Santa Clara (2014) but they're still the San Francisco 49ers. The Giants won two World Series rings (2012, 2014). Tom Brady's pink ass retired for 10 mins. He left New England and plays for Tampa Bay. Chuckie came back to coach the Raiders but said some dumb 💩 so now he gone (2021).

* I still have your iPhone.

*I launched a podcast and my first episode was about you. I haven't done too much with it because life.

Daddy, you were really the glue that kept us together. I try to do it & make you proud most days. I miss you like crazy but I know that I'll see you later.

♥️ Millie (now known as Cam in some circles)

05/22/2022

Wishing our hostess (doing all the mostest) a very Happy Birthday 🎉🎂

05/08/2022

Today I remember and celebrate two of the women whose blood line I share.

The picture on the right is of me and my grandmother, Mrs. Verna Laster (my mother's mother) from 2017. In this photo, we were celebrating her 90th birthday. It was so good to go "home", see so many family members during a happy time. Most times the get togethers would happen during the repast after a funeral or if we all piled into my grandmother's house for Thanksgiving, her favorite holiday. As some of you may know, my grandmother passed away Valentine's Day. This is my first Mother's Day without her. This is also my mother's first Mother's Day without her.

The picture on the left is of me and my mother, Mrs. Carolyn Harvey in 2018 at my induction ceremony. My mother, my Soror. She wanted this for us for a long time and I'm glad that it finally happened. As some of you may know, things with my mom and I have been tough, especially over the last 10 years, since my father has passed. In that toughness, I still try to honor my mother but when I say it's tough, that's actually an understatement.

My relationships with both of these women have transformed over the course of my life. While I wish things happened differently, the knowledge and the healing I have now will help shift the dynamics in mother/daughter relationships throughout my family and my community moving forward.

I know that Mother's Day is nuanced, to say the least, especially is the social media, Instagram-able metric driven times we live in. For all the moms (Pet moms, bonus moms, God Moms, Grandmoms, aunties and everyone else who has poured life into those who came through you by birth or through you by chance), may today be filled with everything you need it to be. For those who are grieving the loss of their moms, be it they are physically or emotionally unavailable, may you be comforted and loved by your circle. For those who desire or desired motherhood and it didn't happen or hasn't happened yet for whatever reason, may your heart be healed. Big hugs and backrubs to all. ~Happy Mother's Day

04/01/2022

Can't close out Women's History Month without shouting out all the women out here killin' it. All of you are out here killin' it in ways you don't even know.

Happy Women's History Month