All around us there are people who are not surviving life. Babies are dying from illness, hunger, hate, guns, bombs, parents, etc. Young people are dying from illness, hunger, hate, guns, bombs, young people, etc. Elderly people are dying from illness, hunger, hate, guns, bombs, people, etc. If you have become an adult in this […]
As a little black girl in southern Georgia, I remember calculating how old Elvis would be when I was old enough to marry him…I must have been six or seven. Of course, I knew that our marriage would be frowned upon, but I still loved him. Who wouldn’t love a man who took a band […]
I find lazy days to be quite elusive in these times. But every once in a while, I make it happen. My body signals me to just take a rest day. But even on a rest day, I find myself working on small things that are not as tasking as normal days…reading a favorite book, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
I am generally not a touchy-feely person, some might even say I am a bit stand-offish. I don’t know the science and I’m not going to Google it either, but I think there is something healthy about it…and something others need as well. There is little more precious than when my grandchild sits next to […]
It seems our country is engulfed in hateful culture wars seemingly stemming from the powerful voices of powerful people in this country. I think it is more so stemming from prejudices deep in their hearts and these powerful and public influences just gave them permission to act. I am sure some just got caught up […]
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