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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: April 2006
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Sunday, April 30, 2006. I’m on my last leg. Like an old car chugging along- over heated, fumingfinally coming to a halt. Then the driver emerges to give the old car a push to the side of the road. You get the picture. At least that’s how I feel today. Sensory overload. That’s it. Especially since I found out a tidbit of news that got me really depressed. In addition to the fact that I am the one that carries everyone else:. In the business I am running. I think I’ll just take a little afternoon catnap.
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: May 2006
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006. It is 12:30 AM and I just got back from spending a much-needed de-stress, de-tox vacation time away with my dear friend Anneliese who lives in Tacoma, Washington. She moved from New York to Tacoma to go to school about two years ago, and for now it is her home. As I write, the birds are chirping outside my window loud and boisterous, as if to welcome me back and also herald in the burgeoning spring and warm weather. I am not the person I was when I left New York last Thursday.
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: Talk of the Town
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Saturday, July 15, 2006. Talk of the Town. I just had one of those long conversations with my twenty- two year old. You know, one of those precious early Saturday chats when I caught him after sleeping in late, and in between phone calls and running out again. He has always been one to speak his mind-but this day, he was particularly verbal. Whatever time was left, I went to the gym, took us to church, made sure you all were entertained. A twinge of guilt hangs over my head today. He’s right. I w...You l...
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: June 2006
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Saturday, June 24, 2006. Back to Square One. Well, I’m back for a month now, and the vacation reverie has totally worn off. Back to the stressful job, my youngest just graduated and is going to High School, and I’m trying to keep my wits and cool as I deal with my own personal mid-life crisis issues. I believe that God has given me the vision, and He will provide. I don’t believe he allowed us to come this far to fail. Well right now I’m having my first production disaster. I have faced many of these...
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: November 2006
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Sunday, November 12, 2006. Closer than a Brother. It disturbed her deeply that my son’s natural father never made an effort to come to his graduation a few weeks ago. Now, as I reflect-this is tragic. This is an all too common scenario today, and a sad commentary on the state of fatherhood in the African-American community. I know way too many mothers that shoulder the parenting responsibility alone, the father either being absentee, or deadbeat. The judge reduced his payment to zero. And I am grateful t...
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: July 2006
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Saturday, July 22, 2006. PassionFest July 8th, 2006. Our Flaunt the Faith venture is officially one year old this month. Rasheeda and I were vendors at the Passionfest event in Pottstown, PA a few Saturdays. Ago It started out with a blessing- a wonderful lady named Dee came out of nowhere while we were just setting up our tent. You look like you can use a hand, she said, and she proceeded to help us set up our brand spanking new canopy. Where are your chairs? The day started out a little slow as these f...
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: March 2006
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006. It’s a Family Affair. One child grows up to be somebody who just loves to learn and another child grows up to be somebody you just love to burn. Sly Stone It’s a Family Affair. Is this my same baby boy that can charm a whole room when he walks in? Is this my Jus that everyone says is such a respectful young man? An African- American mother must necessarily hold her breath until her son reaches his twenty fifth birthday. And even then she still cannot fully exhale. He is...Hot t...
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MOTHERSISTER Chronicles: August 2006
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Saturday, August 05, 2006. I rarely write about my marriage, but today I feel the urge. My brother Tony and I speak daily, sometimes more than once. Well Tony called my cell phone and asked me why no one answered. The house phone. I said it didn’t ring. He said-OK-maybe I dialed the. Wrong number. Let me try again. I let a minute or two pass and no ring. I picked up the receiver. Thinking the ringer mechanism was broken, and I heard my husband. On the line, so I hung up the phone. He corrected the mistake.
