Blurbs about relationships with family and its impact on a personal and societal level. Blurbs regarding sustaining and improving family relationships, celebrating members, or maybe just how to get along with that cousin who keep food challenging you at every family reunion.
Prince – How Come You Don’t Call Me Tyrone Davis – If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time Minnie Riperton – Back Down Memory Lane Mariah Carey – We Belong Together Pink – Who Knew (Live) I wouldn’t normally include Pink, however, she was under LaFace at the time and…she rocked. You endured…
What does that even mean? Take all the time you need. Take all the time I need? Take all the time? Take time that I need? Why do people say that is if Time is something they can give me. You’re benevolently allowing me time to take time. The time I need. Who the fuck…
I’ve lost my mother. I say that as if we were in the mall and I thought she was in one store but she is instead browsing another store. As if I can’t find her. I wish that were the case. I know exactly where she is. But still, I’ve lost my mother. But my…
Mother’s Day is celebrated in some form in more than 40 countries across the world. It was created to honor mothers and motherhood. On Mother’s Day, the mother figure is given love, respect, and acknowledgement through celebration and gifts. In some traditions, wearing a pink or red carnation or flower represents a mother who is…
My grandmother’s house was the hub of my family. All the family meetings were held there. All birthday parties and holiday celebrations were held in her home. Even the fights held over the phone were settled at her house one way or another. Her house had a large front yard and an even larger back…
Are you as tired of ‘rona as we are? Spring is almost here and we are still wearing masks and social distancing. We’re trying to avoid people and be around people at the same time. How does that work? Here are a few ideas to get out and have family fun in a safe and…
The Coronavirus or COVID-19 has tested many relationships this year. Without much notice, the country shut down with orders to stay at home. Restaurants and schools closed. Transportation and travel stopped. Nearly everything and every place with the exception of grocery stores, food manufacturing, and gas stations shut down. Every public place we unknowingly sought…
A traditional grandmother is the moral center of every family. They are the glue of tradition and keep families from completely falling apart. A grandmother can be an elder mother figure of no blood relation where all other factors exist of a grandmother/grandchild relationship. Grandmothers and great-grandmothers can be the most important person to the…
The Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has created hardships in nearly every sector of society, but especially for black families and those who are financially fragile. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists African-Americans or minorities who, due to long-standing systemic health and social inequalities, are at an increased risk of getting sick and dying from…
