Thanks to the responsibilities in my household, the deadlines and the myriad of tasks to accomplish in a twenty-four-time frame, there isn’t a lot of spare time for TV. I can only relate to and follow a few at a time these days, and if there are books on the shelf to read, I’m good… Continue reading “More People Would Be Terrified When They Walk Down the Aisle If They Understood….”
Tag: Black Love
Birthday Love, Life Lessons: a Decade With The Diva
Dear Daughter Nia, Last Monday wasn’t the sunniest of days: thunder roared, lightning flashed and storms swirled over and around us. But what still made it special for all of us was that on April 11, ten years ago to the day, you became a part of our lives. With outstretched arms and a steady… Continue reading Birthday Love, Life Lessons: a Decade With The Diva
A Marathon, Not A Sprint: The Journey To “Black Love”
It’s a question that’s as expected and as traditional to single women as the turkey-anchored feast and assortment of relatives crowded around it: “Baby,” an elder relative asks with kindness and concern, “why do you keep coming alone to Thanksgiving every year? When are you gonna settle down and find yourself a husband?” The table… Continue reading A Marathon, Not A Sprint: The Journey To “Black Love”
Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
Due to an avalanche of “Successful But Single Black Woman” news stories, celebrity-fueled talk show panels and the success of Steve Harvey’s book “Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man,” there’s been buzz aplenty about the shrinking rate of black marriages and the exploding rate of black single-parent homes. But instead of pointing fingers… Continue reading Poignant And Provocative, New Book Asks Blacks “Where Did Our Love Go?”
“Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A
Raise your hand if you’re tired of the assembly-line of smug and self-congratulatory ‘relationship manuals’ written by folks like Tyrese and Steve Harvey that make Black women into paupers and Black men into princes that are always right and always capable of moving on if WE don’t care enough to acquiesce. Yawn. Fortunately, however, Atlanta-based… Continue reading “Where Did Our Love Go?”: A Gil Robertson Q&A