“The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit is of great worth in God’s sight.” – 1 Peter 3:4
Reading aloud to my students was one of my favorite things to do as a teacher. It is also important for you parents to read aloud to your children every day, especially if you are going to be teaching your children at home when school starts. Reading aloud to children provides them with a model …
Did you know that July is National Family Reunion Month? All this time I thought it was just a coincidence that all of my family reunions have been in July. 🙂 The tradition for family reunions for African Americans were inspired by the Great Migration (of 4 million African Americans from the South to the …
Just this past week in the news, there was a story about community refrigerators. The concept is very simple: if you have food to donate, leave it in the community refrigerator, and if you need food, help yourself to it. I pray more of these pop up all over, so that even more people struggling …
As more and more districts are adopting a distance learning model for the upcoming school year, I cannot as an educator, not offer some support to parents. I hear your cry parents, and before I get into some tips and suggestions, I must say that I am sure that all parents have a newfound appreciation …
It takes me such a long time to figure out what to watch on Netflix! Anybody else have this problem? It is for this reason that I appreciate when I come across recommendations. Now here are a few of my suggestions for the next time you are ready to Netflix and chill. All American This …
I have always liked to write, but since blogging did not become a thing until after I was already working as a teacher, it is not anything I seriously considered. Then in September, my classroom was closed and I lost my teaching position unexpectedly. After months of searching for a new one and not being …
Since I wrote about the characteristics of the Proverbs 31 Woman, I thought it only fair that I write about the man, too. After all, those of us who aspire to be like her should also aspire to have a husband like hers, too. Right? Unfortunately, these verses alone do not tell us a lot …
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One call to action that has arisen from the Black Lives Matter movement is to support black-owned businesses. If you are reading this, you may be wondering what that looks like, especially if you do not know of any in your community. Before we get into that, let’s first talk about why it is important …
It’s been explained that all lives can’t matter until black lives matter. True. But also true is that black lives can’t matter until all black lives matter, not just those who have suffered at the hands of police brutality. Blacks silently suffer institutional racism in far more than just the criminal justice system. It goes …
