I was driving my middle son to wrestling practice the other night when I noticed my truck just didn’t sound right.  We had just picked her up from the dealership’s service center the day before.  The truck was just about to go off warranty and we weren’t planning to extend it, so we were getting […]

Woman in the Big Yellow Dress: Black Women and Obesity Late great comedian Robin Harris once told a joke about a large women wearing a bright yellow dress.  He says the woman was so fat that when she stepped outside, someone mistook her for a yellow taxi cab and tried to jump on her back […]

I have a teenage son whose name I’m always yelling.   “Ricky come downstairs for dinner.  Ricky pick up your underwear off the bathroom floor.  Ricky pay attention and get off that cell phone.”  As he towers over me and says, “Okay Momma” in a man’s voice, I wonder where time went.  I remember the moment […]

You are only born once.  Never again will you make the physical journey from your mother’s womb, down the birth canal, and out into the great unknown called the world.  But, during your lifetime, you may be mentally and or, spiritually, reborn many times.  There will be times when the opportunity for change comes your […]

  I learned at a very early age that there will always be naysayers around to tell you what you can’t or shouldn’t do.  They come in all different forms which often makes them more difficult to recognize.  The naysayer could be a good friend, “Come on girl.  Let’s go to the ice cream store.  […]