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I was discussing this upcoming election with my mom. We heard from a friend of hers that Barack’s name is in the Bible. That in fact it is a Christian name and not a Muslim name, as everyone would have you believe. It’s in Judges 4:4. There is a story about how this man named Barak works with Deborah to bring some “folks” out of bondage. The point is Barak asked Deborah to go along with him. She said she would go but she would get the credit for bringing the “folks” out of bondage. Call me crazy but that scenario sounds eerily familiar! My reasons for thinking Sen. Obama needs Sen. Clinton are not really biblical but reading that passage this morning made me really think. He and particularly Michelle might not like the idea but I’m really beginning to question whether he can win without her help? I was also wondering what’s going on over in Great Britain? There has been a rash of young people killed recently. The “weird” part of it from an American perspective is that they h

I thought I had found my purpose in life. I know we were all created to worship God but we also all have a “calling” in life. Up until now, I thought I was doing what God wanted me to do in helping to educate children. Could I have been so terribly wrong? We’ ve had some “rough times” in recent years but I just can’t seem to see what this “very rough patch” we are going through is supposed to be teaching me (us). I really don’t complain; I just “keep plugging.” I have other businesses but I’m still in the process of building them. They really aren ’t yielding a “real income” yet. We have “toyed” with the idea of giving up a dozen times or more and just letting whoever wants this tutoring center so bad have it! Maybe they can get the funding we’ ve struggled all these years to maintain. I try not to think about where I might be now if I had just left after college and pursued a career elsewhere. I was on my way to Atlanta! I might be “well off” but I might not have my “dar

I’ ve been trying to figure out what I should write about. That’s why I haven’t posted a blog. I don’t know if you can actually call it writer’s block. Maybe you can. I’ ve been thinking about what’s going on with the election and whether Senator Clinton is going to deal well with not getting the nomination. Some African-Americans have voiced concerns to me that “they” are going to find a way to “take it away from Barack .” I continue to reassure them that he is picking up super delegates every day. So this mysterious “they” (white people, the media, the super delegates) really couldn ’t take it away from him even if they wanted to; at least not without raising quite a few questions about “the rules” and why they keep getting changed! I’ ve also been thinking about this “nasty little bug” that Senator Clinton keeps trying to put in everyone’s ear; ”…you know the hard working, white people aren ’t going to vote for Senator Obama .” Does that mean that only the white people are hard w

As we quickly approach mother’s day, I reflect on what it means to be a mother. What does it mean to be responsible for a “tiny life?” My baby is not so tiny anymore but he’s still my baby. I also have to give “props” to my stepson, Xavier. I did not give birth to him but he was “my first baby” and he is as much mine as if I had given birth to him! After all, biology does not a parent make! I will never forget a conversation we had one day. I was trying to explain to him that Jimmy, his little brother had “come from my stomach” but he had not. He then said that he wished he had come from my stomach. I have never been so touched and I will never forget that conversation! Although most of my husband’s family has done everything that they can to keep us apart, I know one day when he’s old enough to make his own decisions, he’ll come “home to me.” I just want him to know that he can come whenever he wants to come home whether his dad and I are together or not! Parents divorce each other, n

When I heard the little boy on Michael Baisden the other day, I knew there was hope for the future! The little boy’s name is Christian Adams, he’s 11 years old and he’s from Alexandria, Louisiana. If I’m not mistaken, that’s the same town where they found a noose hanging from the back of someone’s truck right after the Jena Demonstration. The reason I know that there is hope for the future is, the little boy is white and he is a great admirer of Senator Barack Obama. He is concerned about the issues (education, health care), not the color of the man’s skin. If this little, 11 year old boy “gets it” why can’t the rest of the adults? How bad does it have to get before we stop allowing ourselves to be distracted from the REAL issues? I suspect by November, things are going to get so bad that even the most hardcore racist will be ready to vote for a “purple man” if he can fix the mess we’re in! I want to give a great deal of credit to this young man’s parents. It is evident that they are t

What if we could ensure that the democrats control the White House for the next 16 years? Are we willing to explore the possibility of a Clinton/Obama ticket? Should we even be thinking along those lines? Can Obama win this election without Clinton? I have heard that if this election is for Obama, then no one can take it from him. I am a Christian with deep-seated beliefs and I know that it is true. Should Obama consider asking Senator Clinton to be his Vice President? The prevailing wisdom is that Obama should accept the Vice Presidency, then run for president in eight years. Will that work? Who knows? I know two things for certain, we must not allow the media and everyone else to distract us from the real issues and we must not allow things to continue as business as usual.