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BLACK People, on the last day of Black History Month, and as we enter the third month of the year. Let us NOT proceed into the following months with STRESS, WORRY, HATRED, PAIN, DOUBT, FEAR, ANGER, FRUSTRATION, and ALL THAT OTHER B******* you blame for doing and/or feeling the way you do. In 2013 it's time to ELIMINATE AND DESTROY all that b******* and it begins by looking at that person in the mirror. Speak from your heart what you desire, what you need, and what you're worth. Remember we…

With every person on earth there comes a time: a time to laugh, a time to cry, a time to comfort, a time to heal, a time to pray, a time to celebrate, and a time to die.  With Whitney Houston from her presents to her voice we experienced all of those times.  Her laughter made us laugh and we didn’t even know why (simple an interviewer funny comment on television made the joy of laughter come over her which made us want to know why she we laughing (and when we knew even if we didn’t get the…

“Our Parents” Black History Month 

Ok, guys with this being black history month let’s not leave out our own personal black history.

My mother Phyllis Marie Smith was raised in Palestine, Arkansas along a dirt road with her eleven brothers & sisters in a three bedroom home.  My grandparent Girtha (Motley) and Leamon Tomlin reasoned the with no foolishness rules and real discipline.  Girtha and Leamon taught their children the true value of trusting in God by…

Teen Parenting

Teen mom

Sunday night I watched a movie entitled “The Pregnancy Project.”  It was a movie about a girl who chooses to fake a pregnancy for a assignment project in one of her classes.   She wanted to see first hand how the school/people react, behave, response, gossip, etc…. her being pregnant in high school.  Through her project she heard and observed others speaking negatively about her future as a teen mom, the limited education she have as a…