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Mar 11
1 min

Daddy Daughter Dance

Hey dads, it's time for a dance! Are you ready to show off your moves? Are you ready to learn some new ones? Are you ready to celebrate being a dad and dancing with your daughter? Then come on out to the 1st ever Father Daughter Dance at West Charlotte Recreation Center (WCRC) on March 24th. The event will take place from 5pm - 9pm. It will include arts & crafts, a magician, 360 Photo Booth, light refreshments, prize raffles, a DJ, and storytelling. My daughter, Haelee and I

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 27, 2022
3 min

A Dose of Courage

The Audio Publishers Association reports that audiobooks help build and enhance literacy skills in children such as fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. That in effect leads to improved reading scores. What’s more a great deal of people have difficulty reading for a myriad of reasons. Those reasons oft times include visual impairment, dyslexia, or any myriad of issues. Despite those facts stated above, I’ve long resisted turning my debut children’s book, Dear Daughter: A L

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 23, 2022
2 min

Go Visit the Library

Haelee and I would like to thank Tammy Baggett and staff at Durham County Library. They allowed us to borrow their colorful, festive, and decorative, children’s room to do our first public reading of Brown Girls Have Superheroes Too. We concluded it by having a fun and empowering craft activity with the children. Sarah Rudlang of Spectrum News was on hand to hang out with us and cover us in a story regarding the event. We had a fabulous time throughout but it was truly bitter

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 11, 2022
3 min

A Christmas Gift to Remember

Liberty Public Library is about 30 minutes away from my hometown of Greensboro, NC. It's nestled away in a quaint and rural small town called Liberty, NC. It's a diverse community that's united in their efforts to promote growth, leadership, economic development, and family values while moving towards the future. The library holds true to those values stated above under the leadership of Brenda Hornsby-Heindl. She and her staff are resolute in creating an atmosphere that's w

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Dedrick Moone

Jun 10, 2022
1 min

A Grand Close to the School Year

Yesterday was huge because I got to see my daughter complete middle school. But not only that, she won a character award for open mindedness. I also got to meet the boy that she likes. He’s not pictured however. She and I closed out the day and kicked off her summer break with her hosting a vision board party for teens at Durham County Main Library. I asked if she needed help delivering it but she assured me that she could handle it. As a matter of fact, I got kicked out and

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I Thought You Knew: A Redemptive Love Story to Daughters Everywhere

Dedrick Moone

Apr 13, 2022
2 min

I Thought You Knew: A Redemptive Love Story to Daughters Everywhere

Rachel Boyd is a general assignment reporter for Spectrum News. She originally hails from Tampa Florida, but she relocated to Wilmington, NC after interning with Spectrum in July 2020. One of the favorite parts of Rachel’s job is showcasing the amazing things people have seen and done in their lives. Rachel is inspired by the stories that she hears so she loves making those stories heard, especially ones that have been buried under the surface for years. Rachel stopped by Ben

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Dedrick Moone

Mar 6, 2022
3 min

Where Magic Happens

Those that know me know that I always wanted a daughter. My reasoning was that she would love me unconditionally. I believed that would help fill the hole that was in my heart. God heard my prayers and made it so in giving me the most beautiful baby girl on October 18, 2007. Haelee told me during the midst of an argument that she wasn’t exactly sure if I loved her because my words didn’t match my actions. She reminded me that I told her that a boy that says that he loves her

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Dedrick Moone

Mar 5, 2022
2 min

An Eventful Day

Today marks the conclusion of Black Children’s Book Week and it’s a momentous occasion for me. The reason being is that I will be doing my first ever in person reading of my best selling and award winning children’s book, Dear Daughter at Next Chapter Bookstore (located inside of Ben’s Boyz). For those that are unaware, I wrote this book in an effort to clean up what I messed up (Ref: The Canton Spirituals) with my daughter in not being mindful that words of affirmation is he

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Dedrick Moone

Feb 24, 2022
1 min

Dave and the Borrowers Podcast

Dave and the Borrowers Podcast was started three seasons ago because Randolph County Library was closed due to Covid. David Bare, Teen Services Librarian shared with me that they wanted to continue to promote literacy and community while they were closed hence his colleagues and himself came up with the idea of starting a podcast. The podcast is an open table discussion between librarians and the community. They invite community leaders to provide commentary on history, liter

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Dedrick Moone

Feb 23, 2022
2 min

Words of Affirmation

I oft times hear that I’m a good dad. I suppose their sentiments are predicated on the fact that I’ve been raising my daughter, Haelee as a single parent since she was a toddler. Haelee and I have been on enumerate adventures since I was given custody of her in the summer of 2010. Some of those adventures included peaks and some of those included valleys. I did all that I could to show her that I love(d) her throughout each season through my actions. I failed as a parent howe

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Dedrick Moone

Feb 21, 2022
2 min

Club 4 Kids

Virtuous Cornwall is an alumni of Rutgers University. She was born in the United States but was raised in Ghana, West Africa. She’s a military wife and the CEO and founder of VNC Books. Writing is her passion and she gears it towards children and families. Virtuous especially caters towards those in the inner city. She gave me a wonderful birthday gift on February 19, 2022. That gift was an opportunity to share my love of being a #GirlDad with members of Club 4 Kids on Clubho

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Dedrick Moone

Feb 15, 2022
3 min

Dear Daughter Launch Party

Dear Daughter: A Love Story is an expressive story that reveals my heart through a series of short love letters to my daughter Haelee. I wrote this story not only for her but for daughters across the world. I want every woman and girl that reads it to know that I love each one of them through an extension of Haelee in being her dad. I want to help shift the paradigm of black men not taking care of their children especially their daughters in doing so. The magic of it is that

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Dedrick Moone

Jan 22, 2022
2 min

Announcing Dear Daughter: A Love Story

I originally planned to release my latest book, Dear Daughter on December 16, 2021. It would’ve/will say many of the things that I forgot to say to my daughter, Haelee over the years. I failed to do so however because acts of service is my principal love language. I’ve realized in hindsight that hers is more words of affirmation. In releasing it before Christmas my sentiments were that it would be one of the best gifts that I’d ever placed under the tree. It would be my way o

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Dedrick Moone

Jan 16, 2022
2 min

Officially Trademarked

One of the greatest gifts that a father can give to their child is a good name. I gave my name to my daughter, Haelee on October 18, 2007. I can't say whether my name is good or bad because that's for others to determine. I would say that it's a mixed bag if forced to answer however. At any rate, my daughter came to me in August of 2020 not long after publishing her first book, The Rules of a Big Boss in saying that she wanted to design clothes, have her own store, etc at som

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 29, 2021
2 min

Miss Wake County

Sharniece Springs is a native of Havelock, NC. Havelock is a small town in Craven County which served as the landing point for the Battle of New Bern in the Civil War. While she was born in Havelock, she was raised in Charlotte, NC. Sharniece is a full time pre-law student at the prestigious University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC) and she's a professional plus sized model. She has the distinction of having previously been crowned as Miss North Carolina International

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 23, 2021
1 min

Remodel U Workshop

The Primplife Plan is kicking off 2022 with our first empowerment event of the year. We’re doing this with a Remodel U workshop. Our special guest will be Miss Wake County USA, Sharniece Springs. We will have fun vision board activity, confidence building workshop, and an empowering photoshoot. Light refreshments will also be provided. We just ask that that attendees wear their favorite pair of jeans and a plain t-shirt. Primplife swag will be provided for the photoshoot. Pri

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Virtual Storytime With Randolph County Library

Dedrick Moone

Dec 22, 2021
2 min

Virtual Storytime With Randolph County Library

Randolph County Public Library is headquartered in Asheboro, NC. Whether you’re a business owner, visitor or resident, Asheboro Is exactly where you want to be. It is home to rich economic, natural and cultural resources (E.g. Asheboro Zoo). Asheboro's come as you are attitude invites you to jump in and become a part of the community whether you're a permanent resident or a weekend visitor. Asheboro Public Library offers a full range of free services to the public to include

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 22, 2021
2 min

Looking Forward Into 2022

My magnum opus entitled Dear Daughter was scheduled to release on December 16, 2021. It will/would be my lifetime achievement because it reveals my heart through a series of short illustrated love letters to my daughter, Haelee. It says many of the things that I should have said to her over the years as she was growing into the young lady that she is now but failed to do so because I’m more action oriented than verbal. My intent in scheduling it for that date was so that I co

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 16, 2021
2 min

Primplife Official Spokesgirl

Did you know that a spokesperson is someone who is entrusted to speak on behalf of someone else or an institution? Whether you were aware of that or not, I’m proud to announce that my daughter Haelee, has officially been chosen as a spokes girl for The Primplife Plan. Haelee and five other young ladies are responsible for leading the way in inspiring the next generation of young women by showing others how to Primplife or make their life as beautiful as possible. They achiev

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Dedrick Moone

Dec 13, 2021
2 min

A Christmas Tradition

I’m a creative so I developed a Christmas Tradition with my daughter when she was much younger. We gift each other personally selected Christmas Ornaments for one another in secret. She uses her own money to buy one for me and sneaks it into my stocking and I do the same. We place them on the tree the following year and start all over again. 🎄 I didn’t always let her pay for mine though. You see what I used to do was give her the money and let her buy one for me in secret.

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