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Best Gift :Make a Phone Call

There is no excuse for not calling someone these days! We all walk around with phones in our pockets. Don’t wait until you’re less busy or find the perfect time. There is no such thing. Schedule it. Make it a … Continue reading

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Best Gift: Schedule a Visit

It’s the same idea as a phone call, but requires a little more planning. Stop saying, “We should get together soon!” and actually choose a date, a time, a place. Start with those who may have more time behind them … Continue reading

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Sometimes it feels like BEING BLACK IS A TREND because everyone’s APPRECIATING our FEATURES now. But it’s FRUSTRATING because we’ve ALWAYS BEEN BEAUTIFUL.    Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom … Continue reading

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Community

Community care is so important to our overall health. I feel affirmed. I feel at home. I feel like the weight of this world are not on my shoulders when in community. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments … Continue reading

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Survivor’s Guilt

Something that we do a lot in our communities—I don’t just want to say in New Orleans, but something that we do in my type of neighborhoods—is we compare trauma. We wear our trauma as armor. So, because I wasn’t … Continue reading

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