What to do when your man done gone and left you with the kids: 4 Essential Practices
No matter where dad has gone, or what dad has done, mother, mom, mama, makes the difference. Mama must forge ahead with her children on her back and dreams in […]
Category Archives: Spirit, lifestyle, and wellness
The Elephant in the Room
I don’t know where the cliché originated, but it’s especially fitting for my topic today. Around the web, there’s mention of an insightful documentary about adolescent male elephants going on […]
For Valentine’s Day: Favorite Fragments from Favorite Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni
Seduction one day you gonna walk in this house and I’m gonna have on a long African gown you’ll sit down and say “The Black . . .” and you’ll […]
Can a Poet Raise a Boy to be a Man?
Yes! Nikki Giovanni, famous writer and single mother, raised a son who grew up to be a man. Thomas Watson Giovanni graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morehouse College and Georgetown […]
Nikki Giovanni: Our February Icon
I had a list of three women I wanted to see in person before they or I perished from this earth. In January 2011 I saw Erykah Badu. In January […]
Letter’s to a Single Parent: #4
Thoughts from Lorena A Success Story I consider myself a successful parent. I have a 12 year old daughter and a 5 year old son that I raise alone. We […]
Letters to a Single Parent: #3
Thoughts from Janice Success Story That S word—sacrifice. I believe I was a successful single parent because I realized that in order for my children to succeed, I would have […]
Letters to a Single Parent: Contributor’s Form
Letters to a Single Parent: In Search of Alternative Narratives
S. L. Writes has embarked on a new series, this time on Single Parenting. I aim to break down the “broken” home stigma and build up the credibility and credence […]
Woman in the Mirror: A Reflection on Hair Length
Like hair clogging a drain, the topic of tresses floods the media. I think I’ll put my two snips in anyway. Speaking of snips, I got my haircut on Christmas […]
