Observations From My Life, For Absent Fathers As a daughter of an absent father, I’d like to suggest to fathers who have been absent that there is always a chance you can Read More »
What To Do On A Fatherless Father’s Day? On Father’s Day, about 18.2 million children in the U.S. alone will wake up without a biological, step, or adoptive father in the home. If you Read More »
Juneteenth: A Lot to Forgive, A Lot to Celebrate, A Lot Left to be Done Although I immigrated to the United States, this has been my home for many years. I survived the shock and all the “learnings” it takes to Read More »
Juneteenth: The Day Freedom Arrived… I am a big celebrant of the Juneteenth holiday. I have noticed that some people don’t seem to respect or give it the importance it Read More »
It’s Time for a Truestory Animals were already male and female, but did GEFS (God, Energy, Force, Spirit) forget to make humans in pairs? Was the creation of Eve an Read More »
Celebrating Black History Month . . . Because You Can’t Cover the Sun With a Finger About two years ago, on a tour bus in London, the narration of the tour included an “acknowledgement”—not sure by whom—that much of the wealth Read More »
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 Read More »
The American Declaration of Independence—A Concept to Grow Into As we honor America’s founding ideals, we must also recognize their contradictions and ask how far we’ve come and how far we still have to Read More »
What’s in the Name Juneteenth? Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, Commemorates the End of Slavery in the United States. I am a big celebrant of the Juneteenth holiday. I have noticed Read More »
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 Read More »