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I am first and foremost a family person. I think every choice I make is determined by my love for the people God blessed me with.

My basket of joy is filled with two beautiful daughters. The youngest one is my warrior princess and resident comedienne. She

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Arts & Humanities > Marketing & Selling Writing Why writers should support independent booksellers: 1 of 10

Independent booksellers are as unique as the neighborhoods they call home and the books on their shelves. There are the ones that have coffee, the ones with the kids section, the ones with the local authors, the ones with the really neat bathrooms and comfy sofas, and the ones with the rare-to-find books. They all have one t...
Personal Finance > Banking Basics Is a bank account worthwhile for poor people: 1 of 10

According to the 2005 U.S. Census Bureau report, there are 37 million Americans identified as poor, up from 35 million in 2002. The Federal poverty definition of poverty is $10,210 for singles, $13,690 for couples, and $17,170 for a family of three. The poor people in America work, they make, according to http://www.povertyi...
Education > High School Humanities How to prepare a child for high school: 3 of 24

The summer with the heatwaves, snow cones, swimming, and sleeping until noon has morphed into the business of a high school education. My youngest son started high school last week. I started preparing him at the beginning of August for the biggest hurdle, being up, dressed, and fed for a 7 o'clock morning bus. My fourteen-y...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The best things in life: 6 of 46

It is a beautiful, sunny, September afternoon and I have the pleasure of holding my three-year-old daughter in my lap. The sun is smiling on us through the 100 year old trees that I gaze upon through the family room window. I look at all the trees, hear the birds chirping, and hold my daughter as she drifts off into a blissf...
Style & Beauty > Hair (Other) African American natural hair: 1 of 7

Every since I was a little girl, living with my father, step-mother, and three step-sisters, there was the Saturday morning ritual of doing the hair. The ritual would start with each of us getting our hair washed on Friday night, plaited, and left to dry naturally overnight. My long, curly, half "good", half "bad", thick hai...
Hobbies & Games > Holiday Crafts Tips for scrapbooking your Christmas memories: 2 of 10

Christmas memories fill my head as I close my eyes and remember my father's 3 o'clock in the morning trump through our house, yelling, "ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas everybody!" We would all run down the stairs, after having fallen from our beds by the booming of my father's voice, and would be welcomed to a tree overflowing wit...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: How a mother's intuition led to a proper diagnosis and treatment: 1 of 5

No one would listen, not the nurse at the pediatrician's office when I called in, not the many doctors I desperately went to, not my husband, no one would listen. I knew something was wrong, I knew she was sick, I knew it was serious. Doctor after doctor blew it off as if it was "just a cold" or "perhaps the flu." One finall...
Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys What to look for when buying dolls for your tween girl: 1 of 5

Girl-talk, make-believe, dress-up, the world of dolls is wonderful! I love little girls, mine are almost 4 and 6. I cherish the moments I can sit down and eavesdrop into their imaginative world. They have a cousin who is 11 and she still likes to engage in the hair combing and fashion combinations of this form of play. I lov...
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Tips for closing the achievement gap between whites and blacks in K12 schools: 2 of 9

There are several pro-active steps that can be taken to close the achievement gap. These things vary according to age and grade level but all require commitment. The parents, the community, the school, and the government (local, state, and federal) must make the education of ALL of the country's children a top priority. The ...
Hobbies & Games > Kids Games & Toys Great toys for four-year-olds: 1 of 4

She is observant. She is expressive. She is inquisitive. She is active. She is four-years-old. My daughter turned four on December 1st and seemed to transform from that toddler-stage to the preschool-stage almost overnight. She instantly became a walking-living little inquisitor, even more so than at two or three. A sign at ...