In Two Years, I Got Married, Lost My Father & My Job, Watched My Husband Have A Stroke & Gave Birth As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com What let you guys know it was the right time to get married? High school sweethearts. And it’s also interesting because there was the path that we were on of waiting until…
Photo by Leighann Blackwood on Unsplash Healthy Relationships: Why I Left – I Was Always Losing As told to Veronica Wells-Puoane of NoSugarNoCreamMag.com I met him at the Velvet Room in Atlanta—at the club. I was 25-26. We’re always taught that’s not a good place to meet people. However, I’ve known quite a few people, in my family actually, who…
Source: LaylaBird / Getty via MadameNoire.com We are currently amid a feminist uprising unlike any other. Now, more than ever, women are taking a stand and using their voices to speak out against any and all injustices that impact the female gender. In conjunction with this feminist uprising, there is a more significant presence of alpha females. These strong, take-charge…
Source: Gettyimages.com/PeopleImages / Getty via MadameNoire.com by Julia Austin Studies have found that couples who cohabitate before marriage are at a greater risk of divorce. I, personally, found these studies troubling. Or rather, I found the fact that people have flocked to them as proof that couples shouldn’t live together before marriage very troubling. It just isn’t practical or reasonable…
Source: Marcus Ingram / Getty by Veronica Wells via MadameNoire.com Earlier this week, we wrote about the comments Pastor John Gray made regarding his 8-year marriage to Aventer Gray and how his wife endured more pain raising him as a man than she did birthing their two children. He spoke about how Aventer was a coat that was two sizes…
By Veronica Wells In a lot of ways, I grew up in the “I’ll take your man” era. The sentiment was in the music. Terry McMillan was writing about it in Waiting To Exhale (which I read probably a little too early), and most importantly they were in the warnings from elders. For better or worse, my grandmother was preoccupied…
Quad Webb Lunceford and Dr. Gregory Lunceford By Brenda Alexander Their marriage started off rocky with them canceling the wedding just weeks before getting hitched only to turn around and jump the broom in a ceremony while guests watched with side-eyes at a later date. Being newlyweds on reality tv didn’t help. She took pride in being a stay at…
Swizz Beatz, wife Alicia Keys, Ex-wife Mashonda & Kids By Mwabi Kaira No one sets out thinking they will raise their kids by co-parenting, but life happens. Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Sheree Zampino have been the faces of the co-parenting and blended family for over 2 decades now. More celebrity couples have joined the ranks including Neyo, wife Crystal…
Photo Swizzbeatz IG By Mwabi Kaira What rapper and producer Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) thought was an appreciation post to his wife Alicia Keys and a message to men, turned left with a quickness last week. Continue Swizz posted, “Attention all MEN. You shouldn’t be jealous or upset if you have a Queen that’s successful, smarter or better than you!…
By Veronica Wells From the time I was born until around middle school, my parents had a huge waterbed. I loved this bed. It was temperature controlled so it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. If you’ve ever slept in a waterbed, you know that they cradle you. We loved our parents’ waterbed so much that…
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