Dear Diary: My Life Raising Brown Girls

Via Live Rich Live Well Being a mother, a daughter, a sister, a professional and a friend can be very stressful. How often have you found yourself saying, "I wish I had more hours in the day" or "I wish I had a moment  for myself". As parents, we all find ourselves wishing we had more hours during the day and time for ourselves. I lead a very busy life and I never seem to have time for myself. It's not easy being a single mother who has to juggle working a full time job, attending college courses, maintaining a household, returning phone calls, caring for and giving attention to my two daughters and significant other. The only time I can get at least 30 minutes of uninterrupted "me time" is when I take my bath. Lately, this has been impossible. Creating more "me time" is not at the top of my to do list, but it is on my to do list.  There are times when I get "a break" but I do not consider it "a break". Reason be

Today is my mothers birthday. I wrote this on my facebook page as a tribute to my mother. I decided to share it with you all. My mother has been through a lot during her life. She was a teen mom, but she never let it deter her from doing any thing. She finished high school and enrolled in the U.S. Army. She stubmled upon a few bumps in the road. She even fell a few times, but she never stayed down. She always managed to get back up.I am so grateful that the Lord has blessed my mother to see another year. I am grateful that I as well as my sister, brother and her grandchildren have her in our lives another day.  To be a mother at 16 was not an easy task I am sure you were frightened and did not know what to do,  You probably cried day and night, but you had to see this journey through My father said I was not his and for both you and me it was a horrible day Unlike him, you did not have the option to turn and walked away Nine months later I entered the world They swaddled

Someone shared a video on my facebook page about a Chicago homeless man named Ronald Davis  (click his name to view his interview). I then proceeded to view a  video about a homeless man named  Maurice Johnson , who is 55 years old and is from Cleveland, but resides in Boston. He has  2 Masters Degrees (in Plasma Physics and Electrical Engineering and Acoutsics; click his name to view his interview).  As I watched these interviews it brought tears to my eyes and prompted me to write this post.  Why are so many people homeless in America? What can we as a nation instead of being judgmental? We don't know their story. We don't know the things they have gone through. We are all a paycheck away from being homeless. There are times my job annoys the heck out of me, but I thank God I have one so I can provide for my family. I recall the day on the train, I gave my food to a man on the train and he threw it away when he went to the next car. I was pissed. I vowed never to help anot