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Every year, the month of February is dedicated to Black History! Each time we read a story, whether it is a praise story or a story of remorse and pain; it still brings back to memory the stories of many who suffered tragic losses! Jesus sat with the unloved: the prostitutes, tax collectors (hustlers), and gamblers! I do not own the rights to this photo! So many questions unanswered and mysteries still not solved! It truly pains us to not have a firm foundation in our heritage to understand our beginning so we can have a strong finish! We are all trying to secure our identity and still there are missing pieces to the puzzle! Who am I, is the question many ask themselves! Robert Smalls, an unsung hero who stole a ship and freed many slaves and his family!   http://www.biography.com/news/black-history-unsung-heroes-robert-smalls-facts If we uncover the flesh, no one would be able to identify what color you are, because underneath we are all created the same...

There are five of us children, whom were all born in late 1950's and early 1960's! During that time, things were not that expensive. A four bedroom, two bath home sold for approx. $28K, candy was sold for a penny a piece, glass bottled pop was .05 cents and if you returned your bottle you received a .05 cent deposit - so it was free! I'll stop there because I can go on and on of how reasonable supplies and products were back then - even with five children.  All five of us during 4th of July about 8 years ago! A brief history about our Mother: She was born in 1937 during the depression and although it was coming to an end when she was old enough to understand it, she experienced hunger, rejection, and lack! It did scar her, but it did not keep her heart hard, harsh or sharp! She was an only child of an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Minister, so she was also deeply rooted and grounded in the Word! Her parents divorced when she was 14yrs old; whereas, she went to l...

“Wow”, I wish my husband was here to hear this sermon”! I’m smiling very big now because I have said this about family members too, whom I felt needed to make a change in their life; not knowing the sermon was for me! Only God has the power and ability to change someone; yet we still continue to point the finger not realizing that when we point one finger ten are pointing back at us! I do not own the rights to this photo! “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own?   4  How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3-4 NLT) When we don’t see our own faults; we are in denial! None of us enjoy hearing about the things wrong with us or things that need to be removed out of our lives! He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,  while every branch that does bear fruit  he prunes so that it will...