A roaring fireplace, Momma’s oven-baked sugar cookies and Daddy’s reading holiday poems aloud to my siblings and me as “A Motown Christmas” played: I cannot imagine the holidays without intertwining those memories. My fondness for tradition, however, doesn’t prevent me … Read the rest
The wheels of fate were set into motion soon after we became engaged.
When my then-fiance Calvin shared the news with his mother, he passed the receiver to me and my future mother-in-law’s first words were an enthusiastic request. “Congratulations … Read the rest
I don’t know if there’s a catchphrase for today’s generation of kids, but if I could coin one for six-year-olds, it would be ‘The Age of Endless Questions,’ a description that Nia personifies to a T.
No matter where we … Read the rest
She was tall, thin and matronly, with cat’s-eye glasses and a helmet of salt-and-pepper curls. Her name was Lola Garrison, and she was my sixth-grade teacher.
A sweet, soft-spoken woman who rarely raised her voice, Mrs. Garrison once chastised … Read the rest
There are few things more inspirational than a single mother who’s taking care of business.
If you aren’t one, chances are that you know one: a lady who’s juggling jobs or alternating night shifts with night classes. And in the … Read the rest