Today is my older daughter’s birthday. It is also her senior year of high school. Watching my Facebook friends post move-in day pictures of their new college freshmen have evoked feelings I have not had when I have seen those pictures in the past. I suppose in the past, it seemed like a far away…
When I was a kid growing up in Kansas City, Missouri I loved to hear the ringing bell of the ice cream truck. I would hear it a block or so over, run into the house and ask my mother for some change, run back out and hoped the truck came to my block. My…
Last week, I had a lovely day trip to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to the Black Theater Festival with my teen daughters. We had a “White Girlz” trip catching a play, grabbing dinner, and visiting the vendors before we headed back home to Raleigh which is about 100 miles away. We began our sojourn at dusk.…
A few months ago, I was talking to my girlfriend, Sarah, on one of our recent car phone conversations. We both are professors in different states and do most of our talking on our commute to work. During the summers, we talk less, but do manage to catch each other in between errands. I…
A couple of weekends ago, my social media platforms were lit up about the Surviving R. Kelly documentary. I had not committed to watching it. I believed R. Kelly was a pedophile years ago when the allegations first came out. I didn’t need a documentary to tell me what I already knew. However, since my…
When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made whole?” ~ John 5:5 Happy New Year! I love new beginnings. The start of a new year. New season. New semester. New quarter. New month. New week.…
