Tag Archives: Memories

The Day I Left God – Performance Poetry with Sistahs Laying Down Hands, Mother’s Day 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by MTonita

Mother’s Day is always bittersweet for me. I know as a Mother that there is pressure to smile and gush at the numerous mother’s day wishes, cards and love from my kids, but even after seventeen years, I still awaken … Continue reading →

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Memories of a War Veteran..I have not forgotten

Posted on May 26, 2014 by MTonita

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 →

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