Back to school time can be a source of joy and aggravation. For the parents who have toughed it out with listless children for an entire summer, something breaks on the inside when that school bus pulls up to the stop for the first time. Stay-at-home moms do a private jubilant jig that would put […]
WARNING: For all my super holy friends, you may want to stop reading here. I don’t know where this is going to go until I’m finished and I don’t want to risk tarnishing your very SOUL by reading this. All my progressive and single friends have told me that faking orgasms is counter productive. That […]
In my entire “Christian walk” I have only experienced two crises of faith. Like any other believer, I’ve had my set backs and disappointments, sure; but I’m talking about serious doubts about God’s power, or His existence at all. The first was when my good friend Farida died about 7 years ago. She had a […]
On days like today, when I’m up at 4 am with the heaviness of disappointment on my mind, I wish I was back home in Labone. There were trees everywhere, each with their own memory; each with their own purpose. They always brought comfort, food and shade; and in someways love. America’s trees provide none […]
I read somewhere that among issues that are key to today’s voters, God, guns and gays took a back seat to the economy. Healthcare, whether the Democrats want to admit it or not, is barely a blip on the radar. Who wants to live a long, healthy, HOMELESS life? I’ve got no job and no […]
I stopped wearing a perm about 6 years ago, because when White people go to get their hair done, they do not look for African hair to sew into a weave.