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Growing Up

More on acceptance… no more comparisons

May 23, 2017September 24, 2008 by shay subscriber

It wasn’t my intention to write another post similar to the last one but this morning while doing my daily prayer and meditation, I had a bit of an epiphany. I must stop comparing myself to others especially as it relates to parenting, its really starting to drive me crazy. See, I spend a lot of …

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Categories Growing Up, Random babble Tags acceptance 4 Comments

A Season for Darkness

May 23, 2017September 19, 2008 by shay subscriber

The past 6 years of my life have been a roller coaster ride of epic proportions. I moved away from my hometown, went to graduate school and got my masters, lost my beloved Mama and Granny and lastly had my daughter.. oh and have seen my income decrease by about 40%. Talk about being an …

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Categories Growing Up, Random babble Tags acceptance, life changes, Spirituality 3 Comments

We be Negros, now get away from me…

May 23, 2017September 5, 2008 by shay subscriber

The past day or so has been personally challenging for me, I am going through my monthly leave me the fuck time of month, work has been crazy and we have family visiting from 2000 miles away. The sort of shit that makes a sista just want to scream.  So this morning, I called one …

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Categories Growing Up, Maine, White folks Tags black hair, dreadlocks, White folks
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