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Why does it seem as though the minute you get your head above water, a tidal wave washes over your head and you go under again? Why does it seem as though the minute you get all the bills paid and have some idea about having a little extra money, the car breaks down? Maybe it’s the toilet that overflows or a pipe that breaks? When do you ever get to the point when you have enough money? I wonder if anyone ever really feels like they have enough money? Exactly how much of yourself are you supposed to give before you are “used up?” I ask a lot of questions huh? I think I’m going to be taking a few more “me days.” To top it all off, I feel like I lost a member of my family. When I heard about the untimely death of Tim Russert last week. It seems kind of unfair that he’s gone and so many despicable people are still here! How are we ever going to get through another election season without him? What is really the meaning of self-sacrifice? Are you supposed to give to the exclusio...

I don’t think Americans fully grasp what a momentous occasion today is! I know a lot of people just want to make it about black people but it’s bigger than that! I don’t want to get caught in a Michelle Obama moment but I have never been more proud of this country! I have always been very proud and very grateful to be an American but I can hardly contain the JOY AND PRIDE that I feel today! What if we have the opportunity to elect the first African-American president and the first female vice president! HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE?! I will be the first one to admit that there are some cultural differences between the races but it does not have to drive a wedge between us. Why does different have to be bad? ALL PARENTS OF ALL RACES want the best for children! I sincerely believe that Sen. Obama wants the best America for all children, not just his two little girls. I just don’t think Sen. McCain has the vision to get us where we need to be. I honor his service to this country. I ...

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...