My Daughter

After five years of marriage to the wrong person, she sat in front of me and said, “I filed for divorce.” One week after the last visit to the marriage counselor, she took her two little girls and left. The details are not important…what is important is having the courage to refuse to do what […]

Folks Who Need Breathing Room

I know so many people who go to work every single day–sometimes two or three jobs–and yet, they just cannot get a paycheck ahead. I would try to figure out a way to provide them with a little breathing room. I know the fruit of having a little breathing room…it gives you the opportunity to […]

At A Trump Rally

I am a black woman and a liberal. I live in small southern town and Trump was visiting a small nearby city. I went to the rally just to see what it was like. I wore a pair of jeans and a plain T-shirt. Being this black, liberal, Christian, America-loving, freedom-embracing, patriotic, female, retired military […]

I’ve Never Heard Trump Speak About Democracy

Not once, not ever, have I heard the former President, Donald speak about democracy.   Perhaps, that is why he finds it so easy to ignore the laws that keep it safe. I didn’t need to hear the former President’s chief of staff, John Kelly, confirm Trump’s disdain for the military to know it was so.  […]

Flagrant Torture

I wouldn’t be able to work, tweet, or blog…hmmm. I wouldn’t be able to email, text, or chat with my friends so I suppose we would have to call, visit or have lunch…hmmm. Maybe we could dust off the Monopoly, Scrabble, or playing cards. I no longer have a typewriter so people would have to […]

We Are Survivors

I love knowing I come from these honest, hardworking, loving, people who survived something people rarely speak about…traveled a journey I cannot fathom.  I come from the people who did not leave the plantations when slavery ended.  They stayed on and worked for the plantation owners…worked their land, cleaned their homes, cooked their meals, and […]

Bamboozled By Trump…Don’t Feel Alone

If you have been bamboozled by Trump, don’t feel alone…it happened to almost half the American voting electorate, and it happened to some of the most astute businesspersons in the state of New York.   As the judge explained about Trump and his sons, this is who they are and what they do…they have a […]