Commissioner Joshua Simmons and his fiancée Cheyenne Howe. Photo courtesy of Commissioner Joshua Simmons.
By Selene Raj
Commissioner Joshua Simmons and his fiancée Cheyenne Howe, have welcomed their newborn baby girl into the world, just in time for Father’s Day.
Caleigh Blake Simmons made her entrance on Monday, June 15, at 6:50 p.m. She weighed seven pounds and 14 ounces and measured 20.4 inches long.
The couple shared that she is a beautiful and healthy baby girl who loves to stay up all night and sleep all day.
She was delivered at Broward Health Coral Springs after Howe went through 25 hours of labor. In a social media announcement, Simmons said that he was in awe of her strength.
“It was such a joy to witness one of life’s greatest miracles,” he said, “My family is excited to welcome another child to our family.”
The couple wanted to thank their delivering doctors along with all of the nurses who took care of the family and helped bring Caleigh into the world.
“It’s a nice blessing to bring something so beautiful into a world of chaos,” said Howe. “It is also a blessing that we had the support of our friends and family during this wild time.”
Howe, the new mom and Cleveland Clinic medical technician, and Simmons, commissioner, and high school history teacher, were engaged on their Italian vacation last summer. At the time, Simmons gushed about his bride-to-be.
“She’s my best friend, and I can’t imagine my life without her,” he said.
Baby Caleigh. Courtesy Joshua Simmons.
Now, they are celebrating the birth of their daughter — and while her first name is Caleigh, Simmons already has a nickname lined up for her.
“I called her Cookie from the moment we found out Cheyenne was pregnant because I knew she would be sweet as sugar once she came into the world,” he said.
In the months leading up to her birth, and during the COVID-19 pandemic related shutdown, they spent most of the time converting the office into the baby’s new room, and on Wednesday, June 17, the couple was able to welcome her home.
The pandemic, coupled with weeks of civil unrest due to racism and police brutality, made for a tumultuous time in the city and country. Still, Simmons is confident he and Howe will help create a welcoming world for their daughter.
“Regardless of what’s going on, bringing a baby into the world is and will always be a blessing,” Simmons said.
Caleigh is a beloved addition to their family– she is the couple’s first child, and Simmons’ second daughter– Carter Alexandria Simmons was born 17 months ago, and he feels eager to raise them both with love.
Simmons said he is happy to steer Caleigh and Carter in the right and moral direction.
“I want them to know and feel love,” he said. “I want them to see positivity in the world and know that negativity is nothing but a small obstacle.”
Simmons, who has been an advocate for racial equality throughout his career, also wants to ensure that the world his daughters grow up in is one that celebrates them as they are.
“I also want my daughters to love the color of their skin and that no matter what to be proud to be Black,” he said, “I want them to be confident and feel that they have the same opportunities to succeed as anyone else in our country. My daughters are a part of our collective future, and I am excited to see them explore.”
The couple plan to get married on September 4, 2020.
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17 comments
How disappointing to see yet another out-of-wedlock birth, especially one involving someone who holds himself out as one of our “leaders?”
Is this the right direction to be leading your constituents, Mr. Simmons?
My first job as a teacher was to replace an unmarried, single teacher who was visibly pregnant. Not unable to work, mind you, just visibly pregnant and unmarried. How far we as a society have come that instead of discretely noting an out-of-wedlock birth with a simple birth announcement, we promote it in the local newspaper with a feature story on a local teacher and city commissioner?
Black births to single mothers was 24% in 1964 and is now 77% and rising. According to a study published in The Journal of Law and Economics, [Todd D. Kendall and Robert Tamura, “Unmarried Fertility, Crime, and Social Stigma” Journal of Law and Economics 53:1], (PhysOrg.com), “…from 1965 to 2002, higher rates of out-of-wedlock births in a given year correlate with higher crime rates roughly 20 years later…the findings suggest that children born out-of-wedlock may receive lower educational and other resource investments from their parents, and may therefore be more likely to commit crimes as adults…”
Is this really the direction that a “leader” should be taking his constituents?
It sad that we have people like you who still stereotype individual’s life choice. His personal life should not hinder what he can do for the community. You are providing studies from 1964 to 2002. We live in the year 2020 that opportunities has change for single mothers. Someone’s marriage status or choice of how they would like to bring a child.. a Blessing into a world should not be judge.
Hello Serena Mitchell and thank you for your reply. As a man of color, far be it from me to ever stereotype anyone. However a stereotype is a “mistaken belief or idea about a group that is based on the way they look on the outside.” My comments do not represent a mistaken belief based on the way Joshua Simmons looks. My comments are factual and logical, based on the admitted behavior of a Coral Springs City Commissioner and his girlfriend having a child out-of-wedlock, which is a “fact.” Another “fact” is the study that I cited which is published in The Journal of Law and Economics, that indicates strongly that children born out-of-wedlock do less well (poverty, prison, lack of education, etc) than children born into nuclear families with married parents. The logical and inescapable conclusion is that Joshua Simmons is a poor role model for having an out-of-wedlock birth with the abundance of evidence that is available showing it is detrimental to children. There are studies from 2018 and 2019 that say the same thing.
Congratulations and God bless.
I have to agree with John Locke, in this day & age we must be mindful of projecting positive images to our young people and leaders should be held to a higher standard. I was personally offended that their was such a fuss made about a unmarried couple having a child. Mr. Simmons as a commissioner you should set high moral standards for the community and this time you fell short. And to Coral Springs talk, why the huge story? why not just a short simple announcement? really in bad taste all around
I am glad that our president projects a positive image for our children to follow.
Me too. He has supported our police and military unlike the last occupant of the White House. He has not weaponized the IRS, FBI or DOJ like Obama did to target his enemies. He is following the Constitution and yes you’re right, that is a very positive image
Multiple divorces, chronic liar, allows Russian to have bounties on our soldiers, mocks the parents who have lost their children’s serving our country, and obstruct justice to benefit himself. You must be joking about the DOJ— using Barr as his hitman.
Let those among us without sin cast the first stone.
Have you thought about joining the MassResistance organization., Give Arthur Schaper a call. he would support your political views. Finally, there was a John Locke, an enlightenment thinkers and philosopher, but i guess it was not you.
I’m in line with Bob Woodson of the Woodson Center. http://www.woodsoncenter.org
You are correct again, tj1950, I am not the same John Locke that died in 1704…lol
There is some merit in what Woodson espouses. However, when you hear quotes such as those below, you have to question his motives.
“Democrats Blame Racism to Deflect Attention from Failures of Cities They’ve Run For 50 Years” … “Institutional racism is a ruse” as quoted by Robert Woodson.
It appears that Woodson is only a token for the Tea and Fox News, were he is being used to support their ideologies and to demonized the democratics.
Also, it strange that his Board of Directors for his organization only has one black man out of 9 members.
Do you dispute the fact that the big cities run for decades by Democrats are failures?
Can you cite the worst example of institutional racism? Or cite a racist law on the books.
And as for having one black man out of nine on the board, Mr. Woodson obviously chooses people based on qualifications and not on skin pigmentation and type of genitalia. What number of blacks should he have on the board?
And referring to Mr. Woodson as a “token” is boorish and racist.
You comment about Woodson choosing people based on qualifications and not skin color sounds racist to me. Are you telling me that there are not qualified black? Again, Woodson is a token chosen by Fox News and the far right hate mongers to support their ideology and propaganda. He is being used by them. And don’t tell me that I am wrong. I took the same cognitive test that Trump took and I aced it just like him. If he is a genius , so am I. I am never wrong so good bye Mr. pseudo intellectual. PS… did you know John Locke was a slave owner? He spoke against it, but he did not always practiced what he preached.
I was trying hard to take you seriously until you went off the rails with your last comment saying it is racist for Mr. Bob Woodson to have the unmitigated gall and audacity to judge people by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. You seem the easily-offended type. Have you considered a KKK membership? After all the Democrat party is the party of slavery, the KKK, segregation and Jim Crow. You would get along swimmingly. David Duke would be proud of you. I suggest you look at Mr. Woodson’s body of work. It is quite impressive unlike that of present company if I may say so with all the respect due you.
I won’t tell you that you’re wrong. You probably hear that enough already. You should open your mind. Maybe it will open and soften your hard, bitter heart and you may become a happy person. That’s one big problem with people who think like you. They’re never happy joyous people. I hope you find some happiness and peace in your life despite having to live the next 4+ years under the Trump “regime.” Toodles.
TJ 1950–sounds like you have a problem with MLK? hes the one who said that people should be judged by their character and not skin color?remember that?