Tag Archives: life lessons
Learning From Darkness
I have learned things in the dark that I could never have learned in the light, things that have saved my life over and over again, so that there is really only one logical conclusion. I need darkness as much … Continue reading
Teaching
To teach is to transform, and when you transform someone, it ripples throughout their life. Women are the primary educators in the home, and when you help a woman, she helps her child, and her child helps their child.” Positively … Continue reading
Grace
Sometimes this journey through life can be so difficult that we’re simply overwhelmed, and it seems there’s no end to the darkness. During such a time in our own family’s life, my wife emerged one morning from her quiet time … Continue reading
Black Women
As Black women, we feel like we always have to be strong and independent, which is tough and wears on us a lot,” she says. “I’m trying to be more vulnerable for the next generation of Black girls who see … Continue reading
Dodged a Bullet
“Whenever I think of worst dates, I think of the one I said ‘no thank you’ to. It was an invitation to shoot rats at the garbage dump. Sixty-nine years later, I am still happy that I turned that one … Continue reading
Real Life of an MSW 