Forty years…it took me forty years! Up until eight short months ago, I did not know who my biological father was. When I prayed as a teenager, I often referred…
“You must not know ‘bout me. I can have another you in a minute.” Queen Bey sang this as an empowerment anthem for women in disintegrating relationships. I suppose it…
If life begins at conception, so does motherhood. I remember reading a post in which a woman introduced her family. She shared, “I have four children, which includes an angel-baby.” …
Being a Muslim wife/family in the military…Ooh this is a heavy one. When I was first asked to write this, I was excited but also unsure, because I did not…
“Are you ashamed of me, because I’m an Officer?” The question caught me off-guard. My heart sank. I just finished telling my husband about the wonderful posts on the Black…
As a child, I didn’t have many Birthday parties. No, we weren’t Jehovah’s Witnesses. We–my siblings and I–just didn’t have many Birthday parties. As a pre-teen, I was in the Big Brother & Sister program, and…
Earlier in the relationship, you were probably more risky. Boundless intimacy on the patio while the neighbors in the adjacent apartment building could look on–if they just happened to walk outside–made your heart…
ALL healthy military matrimonies are beautiful! But, it’s the non-traditional unions in the “Black military Wives” Facebook group that recently captured my attention; these marriages are taking their gumption to new heights. Lately, I’ve…
I’m a dreamer. I live for a great idea! Recently, however, my ideas needed a little CPR. If I didn’t get some people to breathe life into my goals quickly,…
I love it when my husband returns home, from being in such close quarters with all of those lovely germs! A few days after reuniting with my handsome life-partner, from being on…
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