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Culture Styles

Style has a profound meaning to black Americans. If we can’t drive, we will invent walks and the world will envy the dexterity of our feet. If we can’t have a ham, we will boil chitterlings; if we are given … Continue reading

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The Courage

May I have the courage today to live the life that I would love To postpone my dream no longer But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on my fear no more. Try it: Write … Continue reading

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Thanks for Sheltering Me

The apartment was 1,300 square feet of uncertainty, the red front door welcoming me to life after divorce. For three years, it sheltered me, a single mother of two, allowing me to rediscover who I was without a wedding ring. … Continue reading

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My Radiant Light

My close friends know that I lost my mother to ovarian cancer. They don’t know that five years later, I lost my brother to a fatal accident — and that within months of his passing, my father also died, his … Continue reading

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Hope

Dear Father, today as I cross paths with others around me, make my heart happy that I may share with them the hope only You can offer. Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody it’s a … Continue reading

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