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Continue reading →: The Kiss Felt Around the World
No matter how you feel about it, there is a bigger picture to consider. I admittedly shielded the screen from my six year-old as I pulled up this footage; I did it only because he’s six and not ready for discussions about any type of sexuality. Had it been my…
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Continue reading →: Know Your Audience
My daughter and I are in the throes of graduation preparation and college selection; I feel like a crazy person. Last weekend, she had a meltdown for which I had to do damage control and restore her sense of balance (and still get the boy to basketball practice on time).…
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Continue reading →: Just In Time For Mother’s Day
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Continue reading →: Rant: Bring Back Our Girls!!!!!!!
Has my head been under a rock? How did I not hear about 234 Nigerian girls being abducted from their classrooms about two weeks ago? Is this not news? There are various petitions that you can sign and some rallies this weekend, check the hashtag…but I think the best strategy…
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Continue reading →: Virginia DREAMers Receive In-State Tuition
Virginia Attorney General, Mark Herring, announced that children who are lawfully present in the United States under DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) will qualify for in-state tuition. “We should welcome these smart, talented, hard-working young people into our economy and society, rather than putting…
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Continue reading →: A Mother’s Love
Chelsi Camp of Alvin, Texas bit off the ear of a pitbull that was attacking her 2 year-old daughter. What would you do?
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Continue reading →: Mama Raised Him Right
Nine year-old Hector Montoya of Texas spent his hard-earned money to help someone else. That PS4 was within his grasp! Then he saw that a mother and child died in a house fire because they had a non-working smoke detector. Hectors took his $300 and bought 100 detectors to distribute…
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Continue reading →: Easter Egg Roll
Right now on the East Lawn of the White House, hundreds of children are rolling Easter eggs. This tradition began in 1878 and is the 136th annual event. As I heard Obama on the news giving remarks about the days festivities, I smiled at the irony. Growing up, many families…
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Continue reading →: Dancing Is My Medicine
[youtube.com/uGU-0ZZRp9w] This video brought tears to my eyes. For all of us with loved ones who bravely fight cancer. Deborah Cohan danced with her surgical team before her double mastectomy to celebrate life. I love it!
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Continue reading →: Smashing Walnuts
Today President Obama signed the Gabriella Miller Kids First Act allocating $126 million to pediatric disease research. Ten year-old Miller died in October from an inoperable type of brain cancer, but not before serving as a fierce advocate for funding. She began the Smashing Walnuts Foundation bringing attention to the…
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
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