Just Your Average Black Woman Going Through Life
‘Tis the season in which I love the most. A time to spread love, joy, and peace. Watching movies that incorporate this is always a fun addition. This year, there have been some good movies so far. In counting down the 15 days left in 2025, here are a few movie selections to get…
It is now officially December. It’s the last month of the year. Time has moved so fast, but this is life itself. Having just finished the Thanksgiving weekend, I must say there are many reasons to be thankful. Being able to spend time with those you love is always a great thing. The laughs…
We are officially in the last half of the fourth quarter of the year 2025. This year has been one that will live in most of our memories forever. Let’s reflect on the past year. What went right and what went wrong. Most of all, today I ask how can you make the best…
This week is International Stress Awareness Week. I feel like the world is just one ball of stress right now. So many things are happening at the same time. There are natural disasters, war, political indifferences, and inflation, amongst other things. I feel like each day we are navigating life with so much uncertainty….
Halloween is a holiday I enjoyed more when I was younger than I do now. Even though I never really did trick-o-treating, I feel like once you passed the age it was not the same. Now, I think so much has changed that many adults enjoy the holiday more than kids. My memories of…
Having a horror or thriller created by a Black filmmaker is still very few and far in between. Now, having a Black actor in these films have increased over the years. The relationship between Black people and horror films has not always been friendly. In early history, there was the negative use of Blackface…
Recently, there was a search for Kada Scott, a young Black woman who went missing in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, she was pronounced dead as her body was discovered this past weekend. Recently, there was another young Black woman, Dacara Thompson who went missing in Maryland. She too was found deceased. Hearing stories like these is…
This week is National Banned Book Week as labeled by the American Library Association. This event was established in 1982 but has become more relevant today than in its founding year. In the last few years there has been a greater uptick in political challenges to books being in libraries, schools, and bookstores. …
I am a person who sometimes cares too much. I dislike negative situations that happens. Also, I dislike when people do wrong by another person. I see and hear things like this happening all the time and it makes me angry. When you are someone who cares so much, where do you draw the…
September is the time in which all children are back in school. This month is also Healthy Aging Month. On this last Monday of the month, I wanted to focus on this topic. Healthy aging is something we all strive for, but it may not always be in our control. Aging in a healthy…