Posts from ‘May, 2008’

Thank you for reading my blog. It seems the blogs about God people read the most. it’s funny I never thought I had so much to say about God. Last night I stopped at Quick trip to get a soda. I saw a car with a sticker that had cross with line through it and [...]

When I use to go to Alcoholics Anonymous meeting  sometimes people would suggest to make a gratitude list. I struggled with the first one I did. I was reading a post earlier and the person thanked God the bill collectors were calling. I thought I could relate to the bill collectors calling but I had forgotten to [...]

 When I was in college, I wrote an article for The Collegian as the president of the Multicultural organization about all the different names that have been used to refer to people of my ethnicity. I started off talking about  during slavery African-Americans were referred to as Negro. The next name was colored used during the Jim Crow Period.  I [...]

 I was reading another blog about, how women treat each other.  The  Lady was describing an experience about another female being rude. I thought about the bible and the stories about female relationships. The first story I thought about was Leah and Rachel ( Genesis 29:16). Leah was forced to marry Rachel betrothal’s  Jacob. This did [...]

I read a this week about Juan Crow. I didn’t realize Jim Crow had any cousins. I guess was naive. Today I went over my Grandma’s house and she was talking to her niece about how when they were growing up on the plantation as share croppers how they had to call white people Miss and  Minster [...]

I was reading  A Griot’s Journal Through Black Biblical History and it includes a screenplay about David and Bathsheba.  I have read commentary’s that have different views, some believe Bathsheba was a willing participant and others believe David forced her. I read their story after  I had separated from my husband and living with another man.  I struggled [...]

Diamonds are a girls best friend. I am Taurus and diamond is my birthstone. Diamonds are forever, but they are not made overnight. It takes millions of years to make a diamond and lot of pressure.  Today someone told me I’m a diamond in the rough, that I am being polished now. I know I have [...]

Yesterday my oldest daughter asked me some silly question. Her question was , ” Did Russian women wear high heel shoes on all types of surfaces”. I thought she said something about history.  I told her I  didn’t know anything about  Russian women,  but historical women that were of color were not treated as well as [...]

 I have read blogs  about Vincent Chin. From what I gather Chin was an Asian American man. He got into a fight with a white man, after the white man used some racial slurs.  Chin won the fight and later the white man hunted him down and killed him. It was a Hate crime. Hate crimes [...]

SpiritualGraphics.com I am responding to comments in my earlier post God Never Shuts one door With Out Opening Another One. Yes, I still really believe God has done all that. Now God is not responsible for the negative me my life. Has He used negative events to teach me, yes. The reason I say God blessed  me with [...]