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I didn’t think I was marrying wrong. In fact, there was nothing at all wrong about my foray into marriage. When he got down on his knee with a beautiful platinum ring in hand he’d done so with the approval of his parents, my Ma, all our friends -mutual and individual- and his full-time Ministry […]

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why I married a white dude

Last week I read this post about why a white woman married a black guy.  Per my usual racial related psychosis it brought up a flood of issues, but also inspired me to write why I married a white guy when I’d previously vowed I never EVER would… I’m sharing today over at A Deeper Story… […]

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Recently, I was asked to write a blog post about a Minister I have learned from who has made a positive impact in my life. Can we celebrate the people who have directly poured into us, instead of the random celebrities who sometimes entertain us? Given the ways my previous supervisor has recently cared for […]

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Seems to me when we flip our lives right side up we move in fear and when we flip our lives upside down we move in foolishness. In the last little while I’ve flipped in fear and foolishness. Allow me please, to tell you how I’ve flipped life right side up in fear… Many of […]

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Dave & I Aug. 2012

You guys, things have been so good lately.  Not pie-in-the-sky, but better. Even when things are going badly, the slightest bit of ‘better’ is an amazing feeling.  That’s where I’m at.  Better.  Not my best, but better. First of all, my health is better.  I wasn’t sick or anything, unless you include my sugar addiction, […]

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I was aghast, my friends. Aghast when I came across this post called: The ‘Just You Wait’ Mantra: Is Marriage Really That Hard? on Her.meneutics (Christianity Today’s blog for women).  The post was written by Sharon Hodde Miller. In the post Sharon discusses how lots of people gave her the ‘just you wait,’ advice regarding […]

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True for you? Fellas, your welcome. Ladies, what do YOU want for Mother’s Day?

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It’s been a rough, rocky, rambunctious ride of a year.  It doesn’t really matter what I’m going through —the flu, loss of a family member, financial woes or a stubbed toe— I am almost always tempted to give up on life all together.

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