Amel Larrieux - Wild as the Wind

Amel Larrieux - Try Your Wings

Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Lord Can I Have This Mercy

Lord Have Mercy - Ice Cream

A Seat At The Table, Finally

Miss Teen USA  2019.

Miss USA 2019.

Miss America 2019.

Miss Universe 2019.

Miss World 2019.

For the time EVER, The winners of all the International Beauty Pageants, at the same time, are black women.
This is important because it never ever happened before and I doubt it will ever happen again. Little black girls need to see this. They need to be reminded that they are beautiful, and smart and intelligent, and that they not only deserve a seat at the table but capable enough to be at the head of the table as well.

Prince- - Rearrange

Quote

The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open.


 Rumi

Toni Braxton

7.27.17

the last comment I received for this blog was 7/27/2017. 

I'm going to assume that no one is reading it. 

I may be wrong; 

I say that because 5 years ago I felt that no one was reading it,

and I stopped posting,

and about 3 months later, 

I was at a party,

and 

a friend said he hasn't seen a blog post from me in about 3 months.

I didn't even know he was reading it. 

I would have known he was reading it had he commented on any of the postings.

I feel like I need to stop blogging again; 

but i'll continue because he and others may be paying attention to it. 

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something my mom said a few years ago just popped in my head;

she spoke of wanting her loved ones to give her roses before she dies.

once she's dead she has no way of knowing she was loved if roses were given to her after death.

so when I visit her, I make sure to go to a florist to get a dozen roses 

before I get to her house. 

It's important to let people know they are loved and appreciated.

one should never have to wonder.

one should never have to stop what they're passionate about doing 

with the thought that no one would notice

if

they 

stopped. 

Roy Ayers - Searchin