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Finding the Divine-Lunging from a Lamp Post

by Catherine Anderson
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My son’s birth mother described herself as a “God fearing” woman on her adoption plan paperwork. Of all the ways in which I was a lot like her (her words), this was definitely one way I was not. I was honest about my lack of religious affiliation and practice on

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Who’s In Your Tent?

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Off the top of your head, or perhaps your ear is still warm from your last phone call, who has been an integral part of your life, who knows your story better than you, who’s in your tent?

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What will come of us?

by Barbara Henry
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Its not always easy to put into words the experience of growing up in a rough neighborhood, one where drugs and crime have the upper hand. I remember being almost immune to the sound of gunshots because they were so common. I also remember, one morning on my way to

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Who I am is not what I am

by Michele Dortch
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While in college, I worked as a teller. I remember a regular customer who came in every week to deposit his paycheck. As I completed his transaction, we’d engage in friendly small talk. But he always stared – examining my demeanor, my speech, my hair, my skin. I could see

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Enlightenment to Endarkenment: Grab the Mic

by Catherine Anderson
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I am always on the verge of choosing which kind of person to be. I blink, and I choose again. I choose several times a day, every day. I wake up and I have to start choosing all over again.  I am talking about how I engage with understanding race.

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One Choice, One Word

by T. Allen-Mercado
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As girls, women, and especially women of color, we live in a society which dictates we learn to fight: fight for equality, fight for recognition, fight for respect. All of this fighting, yet no one teaches us how to win…

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Enough is Enough

by T. Allen-Mercado
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Can we find it in ourselves to accept ourselves and others on their terms without the need to qualify based on old fears and/or the current criteria for Blackness?

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Growing pangs revisited

by Barbara Henry
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Last week, my daughter pulled a stunt that got me thinking about the stages of childhood.  Infancy, toddlerhood, the preschool phase and adolescence.  The level of creative thought behind said stunt made it clear to me that we are well approaching the stage of adolescence.
That beautiful, bright-eyed angelic figure you

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A new season

by Michele Dortch
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Yesterday I had a moment. I was doing something ordinary and practical. I was being proactive, trying to keep my work-life in order. It was a functional sort of day. No biggie. But really…it was HUGE and I didn’t understand that until after it was done. What did I

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Skype for your business calls

by Kristina Daniele
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Like many web designers and social media addicts, I spend a exuberant amount of time on my computer. I usually tell people “if you want to get in touch with me- skip the phone and email me instead.” After all, talking on the phone requires that I stop doing whatever

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Yes is the New…Yes? Yes!

by Catherine Anderson
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It wasn’t nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Yes you can have a brownie after you eat a healthy dinner. Yes you can rough house, in the playroom. Yes you can wear that hideous skeleton t-shirt as long as you wear a turtleneck underneath so you don’t

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In the Spotlight: Catherine M. Anderson

by Kristina Daniele
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Catherine M. Anderson aka MamaCandtheBoys is a single mother who realized at age thirty-five that her choices in relationship were not leading her to that coveted title of Mama any time soon.  That is when her plan to adopt on her own went from an inkling to a reality in

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