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When Stephanie Shepard was a child, her dreams of creating a family included having mostly little girls. Nine of them. Today, the mother of eight, is more than content with GOD’s blessing of six girls and two boys. Her children, ranging in ages from 29 to 8 have kept...

When Stephanie Shepard was a child, her dreams of creating a family included having mostly little girls. Nine of them. Today, the mother of eight, is more than content with GOD’s blessing of six girls and two boys. Her children, ranging in ages from 29 to 8 have kept...

What does being a mother means to you? To me being a Mom is a blessing, a gift, a relationship that will never end and a love that will last forever. When I gave birth to my son it was the best day of my life. It was a...

In its third season, “Daughters In America,” gets rave reviews. Created and written by Liberian artist Love Weah, the show aims to unify women from the African continent who are living abroad. “I want to inspire women to discover beauty within themselves,” says the international fashion model and founder of...

Do you remember your first crush? How old were you? Did you tell him/her? Did they like you back?  Did you tell your mom/dad? What did they say? What age did you start dating? When/where was your first kiss? I can’t remember the answer to half of these questions,...

No one plans to enter a abusive relationship. To be in Love is a beautiful and amazing feeling. It is expected that the person you fall in love with will love and respect you. Sadly that’s not the case. There are women and also men who are abused physically,...

At a conference on international gender equality, Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf commented, “Too many of our countries have yet to muster the courage to ban the irreparable harm inflicted by genital mutilation on young girls in traditional societies.” Though Liberia has significantly reduced female genital mutilation (FGM) prevalence...

Every senior at Urban Prep Charter Academy, a predominately African-American all-boys charter school in Chicago, has been accepted and committed to a four year college or university. For seven consecutive years, the Academy’s senior class has had 100 percent of their students admitted to colleges throughout the nation. Collectively,...

  In the last couple of years, Black people have been punished for some of the craziest things and sometimes they have paid the ultimate price.  We have learned the hard way to be careful when walking while black, listening to music while black, selling cigarettes while black, running...

Did you ever say hateful words and wish you could take it back? Did you say something hateful to someone just because you wanted to be mean or hurtful? Whatever your reasons are it is not a nice thing to do. People may say hurtful things because they have...

When Kermit hopped on the scenes sipping his tea in the  funny memes and speaking the things many of us wanted to say but would never say, the internet went crazy. Everybody wanted to know what the ‘tea’ was…well since Beyonce launch of her Lemonade album and HBO special,...

Yeah y’all. I think pops went in a little too hard on this one. I can’t believe this man bloodied his son on Facebook Live. I hate to say it, but I expect some criminal charges to be filed sometime soon. Who beats their child bloody on Facebook? I...

  Speaking to a crowd of Prince Edward County, Virginia residents at the historic First Baptist Church in Farmville, Virginia on Sunday April 24th, civil rights leader, Rev. J. Samuel Williams, Jr. urged his audience -at the Johns-Griffin Day Celebration- to continue to “take the LORD for the way,”...

Conflicts are a part of life and people will do things to hurt and disappoint us. You have to come to a place where you are able to release the hurt that you are feeling and forgive. It is not always easy and it takes a strong person to...

Love is the most powerful emotion that a person can experience. The truth is not everyone knows what love is or how to love. The word love is an expression of affection towards someone. It also expresses pleasure. It is fully base on human virtues, compassion, affection and kindness....

  First, let me say I’m not a big Beyonce fan. I don’t consider myself apart of the Beyhive and all of that, but I have enjoyed several of her albums and songs. Yesterday, Beyonce dropped her Lemonade special. It was a video special introducing her newest album with poetry, symbolism,...

Individuals who have considered the raw vegan diet have chosen to eat an abundance of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds sprouted grains and beans. Often motivated by health, spiritual, environmental or a combination of these and several other reasons, raw vegans believe that cooking food, ultimately destroys the complex balance...

Hello everybody it’s your favorite prison wife back again to tell you all how grateful I am; not only to you the readers but to those who even pass by this blog, just know I appreciate you all. I’ve had some time to sit and reflect on all of...

As with Tupac, Biggie, James Brown, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston, the world is mourning the death of musical icon, Prince.    Beside his music that will live on forever, Prince left behind something else…His uniqueness. Prince embraced himself.  He accepted that he was unique and own it like...

Stressful situations happens all the time. Some situations you can control and there are others that you cannot. Stress is not always bad. It motivates us to protect ourselves and to perform. Excessive stress on the other hand can be dangerous to your health and it can worsen your...