TAMPA, Fla. — For a Father-Daughter dance, Shonda Knight's daughter, Zya, wanted to wear her hair straight. But Shonda knew the weather wouldn't cooperate.
"The weather said no, so Mommy said no, and she felt defeated at that moment because she really wanted long flowy hair for the dance," Knight said. "So, I took it as an opportunity to really pour into her and so I started telling her, yes, you can straighten your hair but your hair can also be curly and cute."
My Omnilocks became more than just another children's book, as Shonda and Zya now travel to pop-up book tours across the country together.
"For a lot of little brown girls, hair, it's a love hate relationship, especially if they have very coarse hair," Knight said. "It can be painful hair days, getting your hair braided can take hours, so we just wanted to take an opportunity to celebrate hair that we believe is a gift from God."
Saturday's 100 book giveaway was sponsored by McDonald's and Derrick Brooks charities. You can find out more about the rhyming board book here.
“You know, it might just be time we take a look if HOAs are really even necessary.
Maybe we should just do away with homeowner associations as a whole.”
South Florida lawmaker Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami) says it may be time to do away with homeowners associations altogether, as more Floridians speak out about rising fees, costly lawsuits, and even arrests tied to HOA disputes. He said this week that he is considering filing legislation in the next session that would abolish HOAs statewide.
