Dear Bobby,⁣⁣ While we remember very different versions of my childhood, one thing we agree on was⁣⁣ the story of me going off to college. Early on, it was c...

It would have been very easy to choose my own mother as the woman who has most inspired me as a mother, which is true.  But there is someone else that I have...

⁣ Asked to write this tribute, emotions & thoughts were vast, a tribute to say thank you, for the future, present and past. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Thank you for my verbal f...

I recently read a quote that said, “Life doesn’t come with a manual, it comes with a mother.” Fortunately for me, my life came with Bobbie Jean— a true south...

My mom is my greatest example of unconditional love and self-sacrifice. My mother was 16 going on 17 when I was born, and she was determined to give me the b...

At 43 years old, well into my career, and with plenty of life experience under my belt, it never ceases to amaze me how much I still rely on the guidance, em...

May 1, 2018, I nervously walked into my Mother’s hospital room and saw her. She had been viciously attacked by two Pit Bulls the night before and throughout ...

On March 23, 2001, I was brought into this world and introduced to my mother, Ivey Brandon. She has taken care of me for the past 18 years and I couldn’t tha...

I met Kara over 20 years ago. I was taking summer school classes at the local “Harvard on the Highway” AKA community college and, for anyone who remotely know...

My mom, Ruth Kelley, affectionately known as “Truth,” raised three boys in South Central Los Angeles, where I was born. My father voluntarily vanished months...

Remembering Portia White By Theresa S. Thames I remember the phone call. Portia on the other end with her calm voice barely above a whisper saying, “Girrrrl,...