One of my “mother-in-love’s”(i.e. my husband’s mother’s) favorite pastimes is to take her time putting together 500 piece puzzles. She has done this for years and loves to do it. The process is sometimes long and may take her a couple of days, or weeks to complete. The task requires…

Parenting With Pride —

Truth is, we can learn.

What happened to wisdom? — “This is a part of a greater issue in our society, especially black communities. It’s very difficult for us. We don’t have many safe spaces even with our family,” he said. “I don’t want my sister’s death to be in vain, I hope change does happen with homophobia and the…

Haiku —

The World Needs Lions Who Write Their Own Stories Until the lion learns how to write every story will glorify the hunter. ~ African Proverb The prompt: “How comfortable are you with using your own life as inspiration for your writing? My answer: “I am comfortable.” My reason: “ When I use my own life, I write my own…

It’s Personal —

I Still Dream of A Better America, How About You? — All problems contain the seeds of opportunity, and this awareness allows you to take the moment and transform it to a better situation or thing. Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success I don’t know about you, but as an American, and more specifically, a Black American, lately I’ve…

Another Unarmed Black Man Unjustly Killed…Again — Duante Wright was 20 years old, my son is 20 — how can we Black mothers ever sleep at night. I am sad beyond words — devasted, Rebecca Stevens A., Twitter Rebecca’s tweet immediately resonated with me because I am in the “…we Black mothers…” group she refers to, and…