By Onicia Muller “Get out of my house! You think you grown?! After seven long years of high school (it’s a Dutch/Caribbean island thing), I had less than a month before leaving for college. I could practically smell the jet fuel and salted peanuts! However, what was supposed to be a summer of fun parties and sappy goodbyes became known…
The McClure twins with mom Ami By Mwabi Kaira Ami and Justin McClure rose to YouTube fame when a video of their adorable twin girls Ava and Alexis went viral in 2016. Their family has recently expanded with the addition of son Jersey. Ava and Lexi have become little superstars appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres show and walking on fashion…
Tina Lifford By Brenda Alexander Aunt Vi, played by Tina Lifford on Queen Sugar, is a character unlike any middle aged black woman we’ve ever seen on the small screen. She’s older but with a young spirit and swag, sexy without trying and motherly without seeming elderly. To top it off, she has a man at least 20 years her…
By Erickka Sy Savané I was reading an article recently about a South Carolina dad whose 8-month-old baby died after being left in a hot car all day. We hear these stories and wonder how this could happen? Actually, statistics show that it happens to the tune of 36 babies dying each year in the United States. We also wonder,…
Photo via DanualBerkley.com By Erickka Sy Savané Dad, poet and author Danual Berkley created Davy’s Pirate Ship Adventure, a children’s book about a kid named Davy who uses his magical powers to build a pirate ship so he and his family could search for gold, but no adventure ever goes as planned, because he never saw or was exposed to…
Antoinette White and her niece By Erickka Sy Savané 3 or more women are murdered by their boyfriends or husbands every single day in the United States. It’s the type of tragedy you pray never happens in your family, and then it does. Antoinette White knows this story all too well because her younger sister Heather was brutally killed by…
Stacie J. & her girls/ Sheryl Roberts and her son By Erickka Sy Savané Written a few years back, this article about two moms who were forced to pay more attention to their mental health is just what the doctor ordered for Mental Health Month! Please read and take a moment to reflect on whether you’re taking care of yourself…
Photo via Madamenoire By Veronica Wells I’ve tried to avoid the hoopla and hubbub surrounding Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding. Still, the news of the nuptials and her relatives’ responses to them have been all over the news. It’s hard to avoid. Continue
By Ta-ning Connai Gabrielle Union was recently spotted wilin’out, throwing things and dropping bodies left and right! NO, not in real life (that’d be so weird) but in her new movie, Breaking In, which was released over Mother’s Day Weekend. Instead of the same old “if you try to hurt me, my dad the ex-cop is gonna postpone his retirement,…
By Veronica Wells I’ll never forget my cousin’s wedding. Not because of the decorations, the food, or the love in the air. Instead, I remember all the signs that pointed to the fact it just wasn’t going to work out. My cousin dropped out of school to marry a man who proved to be bereft of all morals. In fact, some…
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