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Family
My Mom’s Sick And I’m More Mad Than Anything
Clearly I mask my intense fear and anxiety with intense anger. Very healthy.
Family
An Ode to the Fabulous Aunt
A fabulous aunt is a must for kids with moms who hate the mall or shaving.
Gabby Douglas Reveals She Wants Apology from Absent Father in New Memoir
“Everyone has hiccups in their families,” Gabby Douglas said in an interview with People Magazine, when asked about her absent father. The 16 year-old gymnast, who made history at the 2012 Olympics by winning the Team and All-Around gold medal, is opening up about those hiccups in a new book, “Grace, Gold and Glory: My…
My Mom is Prettier Than Me
I can honestly say that I’ve never wished that I’d been born a different race. It was only the illusive magic of beauty I wanted, beauty like my mother proudly possessed, the kind of physical aesthetic that transcended and bewitched.
Do You Kiss Your Relatives on the Mouth?
We maintain very few routines in my little two-person household, but every morning before my daughter leaves for school, she gives me a kiss, we say I love you (if she isn’t all dressed up in 13-year-old funky attitude) and we go about our day. Homegirl begged and pleaded to be able to walk or…
Homeless Families Risk Losing Children To The System
Remember in the bible, when Mary was told there was no room in the manger? Imagine if the manger was a homeless shelter and it was at its capacity. Mary would have been assed out if she was in D.C. Not only would she not have anywhere to live, but little baby Jesus would have…
Falling Out With Family: How to Deal When You Butt Heads With Relatives
You know this situation – you’re not speaking to your grandmother because she told you that you need to get married before it’s “too late”; your brother wants to strangle you because you broke his iPhone; Uncle Junebug borrowed $1,000 for medication, and you haven’t seen or heard from him in a month of Sundays….
Sometimes There’s That Dependent Family Member…
That just can’t get it together. In some families it’s that uncle that just can’t keep a job. It’s always the “man” keeping him down. He has no real goals in life and at 50 years old he still lives at home with his mother. He’s the uncle you call when you need a paint…
Move Over Maury, Mobile Paternity Testing Truck Hits the Road in NYC
A mobile DNA testing truck named “Who’s Your Daddy” is making the rounds on the streets of New York City, offering to help folks an opportunity to sort out paternity as easily as they buy a Korean bbq taco. For $299 to $575, Jared Rosenthal tests customers and either sends their results in the mail…
Why Are Dads Let Off the Hook?
When Nia Long covered Essence magazine, the conversation quickly turned from how absolutely stunning she looked to rumblings about whether or not her place on the storied glossy’s cover was somehow “glamourizing” single motherhood. The comments varied wildly between those who thought Long’s inclusion sent the wrong message about marriage and motherhood, and others who…
