When it Seems Difficult to be Grateful at Thanksgiving . . .
Given the many challenges in the world, some of us may find it difficult to be grateful amid what, for some, is sheer turmoil and chaos. As usual for most humans, we only care about what affects us, but as the world gets “smaller”, we can easily see suffering at the touch of a button. […]
The Value of Freedom: How a Runaway Slave Learned the True Cost of Living Life on Her Own Terms
Ona Judge, an enslaved woman on the estate of George Washington and his family, had the courage to escape a “privileged” life in captivity to find an uncertain, but priceless future in freedom. Ona Judge Staines Day was first celebrated in New Hampshire on May 21, 2022. The state honored her with a marker in […]
Letter Not Yet Written by Descendants of European Colonizers to the First Peoples of the Americas
Dear First Nations of the Americas, Our ancestors were wrong. They did not discover the Americas. You were here when they arrived. You had great civilizations and societies for thousands of years before they arrived. You are human, just like us, not savages. We apologize for them saying they discovered a place where there were […]
So, Who Are You Willing to Reproduce With?
A Good Picker Leads to a Good Partner Recently, I was watching a YouTube channel which made me think about the importance of fixing what I refer to in For the Love of my Father (2nd Edition), as a “broken picker.” For women, our picker is the instinct that guides us to a potential right partner. If […]
Celebrating the Survival of the Enslaved and Praying for Change in Human Understanding
My visit to Charleston, SC. Photo: Olivia S. Benson Although I was an immigrant to the United States, this has been my home for many years. I survived the shock and all the learnings it takes to understand the game of race in the U.S. I close my office to honor the day and always […]
Daddy Dearest – I Now Understand
I now understand, you didn’t really understand the Truth about life. I now understand, you didn’t really understand that in burying your head, you were simply passing along your pain. I now understand, the bullets you shot weren’t directed at me. I now understand, the pain that you bore that made you a soul, who […]
My Notes for Absent Fathers
As that daughter of that absent father, I’d like to suggest there is always a chance you can make your “mis-takes” better. After all my years in these shoes it seems to me that it makes a difference that you try to make it right with your daughter, or with your son for that matter; […]
How I Learned to Feel About Father’s Day After Growing Up Without My Father
The most searing memories of my childhood are the many times my father promised to come for Christmas dinner but never did. My brother and I would fall asleep on the sofa waiting for his footsteps to come up the stairs of our apartment building. My father always seemed cool and collected. That’s why as […]
Decisions Decisions!
Despite all physical appearances, every human, shares approximately 99% of the same DNA. Science has clarified and confirmed there is no such thing as different “races” of humans. “Race” as we use the term today is a fictitious concept created by humans for the purpose of dividing and establishing superiority. It is just one of […]
What is in “all”?
It is always funny to see how we behave when we see the “first” of a particular group of humans do something. We act as though it was a complete impossibility—a huge surprise. Nothing is impossible for GEFS (God Force Energy Spirit). Some of us have lived in this thinking for so long it makes […]