A few months ago, my mother called me to tell me that I received a letter from a young lady in Los Angeles, California. I was shocked for two reasons. One, I haven’t lived at my mother’s house in years and two, when letters go to your mother’s house from a woman, it’s usually not a good.
See, I had just gotten married and I knew this was one of those letters that could bring drama to my marriage Read the rest of this entry »
A few months ago my wife and I were out doing the couple’s dinner thing at an upscale restaurant here in Dallas. One of the benefits of being part of a couple is you always have someone to eat with. The downside is you feel like you only get to eat with one person. The result was the couple’s dinner. A group of four to five couples that meet once a month in fellowship. Read the rest of this entry »
Every year millions of families are forced to deal with the aftermath that derives from a divorce. It is estimated that a young couple marrying for the first time have a lifetime divorce risk of forty percent. It is also estimated that eighty-five percent of the time, children from these divorced couples end up Read the rest of this entry »
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It seems like not long ago, we were making great strides on television. Remember, The Cosby Show? I use to love the feeling of Thursday nights. It felt like that was OUR night to shine on TV. Back then, we had a couple of all-Black shows on a major network and then they (the networks) gave everybody a show. Those days were short lived, though.
Today, if I want to see more than one Black face in a show, I have Read the rest of this entry »