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Just Mama- revisiting and remaking Black motherhood

May 23, 2017August 11, 2008 by shay subscriber

I actually had another post already to roll out but for some reason being a Mama is deep on my heart today. I also suspect I am missing my own Moms a bit today more than usual. Perhaps its because despite the plethora of blogs on motherhood that exist in the blogosphere the vast majority are …

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Categories Parenting, Racial and Cultural Tags black women, motherhood

Girl power, do you have it?

May 23, 2017August 5, 2008 by shay subscriber

My intent today was to write a piece about Obama, but after an impromptu family outing, I decided to scrap that plan at least for today since there are more than enough folks out in the blogosphere commenting on Barry and his changing tide. Today’s title comes from an incident with my girl aka mini-me …

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Categories Parenting, Racial and Cultural, Random babble Tags black women, female empowerment 3 Comments

Whose truth?

May 23, 2017July 23, 2008 by shay subscriber

I was not raised in a traditionally Black Christian household, basically church was something we went to every few years, would have been even less than that if it were not for my Pops. My Mom was raised by her Dad who was an atheist and my Pops was a lapsed Southern Baptist. However when …

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Categories Spirituality Tags black women, christianity, Evangelical Christians, spiritual faith
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