When Parents Are Controlling
‘I want to go home’. This is what I told myself everyday after I graduated from college and moved back home to live with my parents. I was home. But it was not the same home that I knew. I had lived…
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Career Finance
The Job From Hell
It is said that managers should not just be managers. Managers should be leaders. Many American companies pride themselves on creating workplace workshops designed to inform employees about the…
My Parents' Religion
My parents’ religion is the story of my life. I grew up in a single-parent home. My Dad was a preacher. I lived with my mother. Being Reverend Stringfield’s daughter came with a high price! Spotlight!…
Failing Expectations
I was recently watching an episode of the Cosby Show. Denise, the second eldest daughter played by actress Lisa Bonet, was going off to college. The parents played by Phylicia Rashad and Bill Cosby,…
The Inevitability of Weakness In Strength
I remember being a child and alot of people thinking I was overly sensitive. I would point out everything that people around me were doing wrong. Even the smallest things. I was meticulous about my…
Religiosity in the South
I will call upon the Lord For He is worthy to be praised. So shall I be saved from my enemies. I will call upon the Lord. A familiar song to me. A church song sang around the world. Also a sign of…
Career Finance
The Girl That No One Knew
Do you wonder if your family members and those that God has assigned to be in your presence (or a person you know) most often know of the gem that you are? Are they simply ignoring your good fortune…
When a Woman Submits
Submission. It’s a part of life. We are all accountable to someone. We all have authorities who have more knowledge than us about something we are involved in. They serve as a mentor or guide on this…
How We Communicate
Pray that God sends you an alternate family unit or repairs your family unit if all the attempts at reconciliation fail. I was at a crossroads in my personal relationships at one point in my life.…
Loving Yourself
Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, It does not boast, It is not proud. It is not rude, It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not…
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Coping With Loss
Donald Trump is President. Young people are shot in the streets. Massacres overtake the universities and workplaces of the United States. The Aleppo tragedy continues everyday. I voted for Donald…
Education
Defeatist or Elitist: The ABD Chronicles
When problems arise do you retreat to your corner of self-doubt, pity or insecurity? Do you lash out at others because you have not found ways to healthily deal with your anger? I am currently an ABD…
