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Category Archives: Black Families
Not One – Original poetry
Not One (For the Million Mothers March) Not mine son Not mine Not my son Not my brother nephew or current lover Not my neighbor cousin or future husband Not mine Not hers Not anybody’s Son I am not saying … Continue reading
Posted in African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Black Parents, Original Poetry, Poem, Poetry
Tagged #enough, #mothersofblacksons, #PhilandoCastile #phillypoet #saveoursons #loveistheanswer #blacklivesmatter #phillypoet #indieartist #LOVEISTHEANSWER #saveoursons, #saveoursons #originalpoetry, #sayhisname, ancestors, Black lives matter, mobs move philly, philadelphia poet, poetry, protest poem, Toni Love
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Not One (New original poetry by Toni Love)
We gather together
Seen and unseen
When mothers pray
The heavens come forth to listen Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Black Parents, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Heroes, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Oprah's Life Class, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged Black lives matter, Children, current-events, march, million mom march, MOBS, mobs move philly, mothers, mothers of black sons, October events, original poetry, Peace, Philadelphia, philadelphia poet, Poem, poems, rally
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Born of Warriors- Original Poetry inspired by the #PhilandoCastile murder
Born of Warriors Now is not the time to sit down and grow weary For we are born of warriors Trained on soil rich with the spirits that passed before us We were selected from our tribe and trained for … Continue reading
Encouraging Young Writers in Philadelphia Today
My father loved to read and wrote a multitude of songs and essays yet published only one song in his lifetime. Today in his memory I am excited to be hosting a fundraiser for Philly Youth March and Voice4Justice. The … Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Artists, Black Families, Children, Gifted and Talented, Gifted Children, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Keeping the Love Alive, Local Artists, love, Original Poetry, Parenting, Peace, Poem, Poetry, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Support Local Artists, Writers
Tagged ancestors, Childhood, Children, following your passion, live poetry, Love, original poetry, Parenting, Peace, Philadelphia poets, Philly poet, Philly poetry, poems, poetry, raw emotions, spoken word, Toni Love, Toni's Room, writing
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Welcome Home – Original Poetry
The soil moist beneath your feet is comfort for your journey
We are you
You are we
We are here Continue reading
New Shoes: My Mother’s Day Gift from Above
Even though I was a mother myself, all of the Mother’s Day commercials with scenes of children hugging and delivering gifts and flowers to their mothers trickled into my joy like Chinese water torture. Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, Black Families, Children, Grief, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Life After 40, Loss, Mother's Day, Parenting, Passion, Peace, Recreating yourself, Relationships, Single Parenting
Tagged a mother's love, ancestors, Children, children without mother's, Crossing over, Depression in Children, Grandmothers, Grief, grief and mothers day, grieveing mothers, loss, loss and mother's day, Love, Mother's Day, Motherless child, mothers, Mothers day without a mother, mothers who have transitioned, Parenting, Single Parents, surviving mother's day
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Memories of a War Veteran..I have not forgotten
My Uncle was a Vietnam War Veteran. He was fortunate to be one of the ones to come home alive, but the person who left never really came home. He was sad, he was depressed, he struggled with the choices he was forced to make at war and never really felt comfortable in his skin when he came home. He was a walking casualty of war. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Black Families, Grief, Health and wellness, Holidays, Hope, Loss, love, Peace
Tagged African American War Veterans, Childhood, loss, Memorial Day, Memories, Peace, PTSD, raw emotions, Remembering Vietnam Veterans, Untreated Depression in Veterans, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam War
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Yes Black Girl, You Can Get Head Lice! The Finale
I truly hope I will never have to rely on this information myself ever again, but at least if I have to go through this again, I will grab the Safe4people kit, my Robi Comb and my flat-iron and get to work!
Oh, the joys of Parenting! Continue reading
Posted in African American Children, African American Parenting, Black Families, Black Parents, Children, Hair Care, Health and wellness, Natural Hair Care, Parenting, Single Parenting, Uncategorized
Tagged African Americans and head lice, BGLH, Black girls and head lice, black hair and the head lice myth, do black girls get lice, hair care for African Americans, head lice, lice removal, lice removal for African American girls hair, lice removal for natural hair, lice removal methods, natural hair, natural method of removing head lice, Parenting, removing head lice from ethnic hair, robi comb, Safe4people
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