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Have you had the Talk?

How many of you in your 30s can say your parent(s) sat you down and had “the bird & the bees talk” with you? If you are one of the lucky few, I applaud your parents. Not many parents know how to or feel comfortable talking to their kids about sex. They don’t know the right age to have the talk or they assume if they have the talk with you, you will want to start having sex. It is not an easy subject to address or you can never really know the right time to have it. But IT NEEDS TO BE HAD! With everything going on in the streets today it is better you teach your kids then they learn from their friends or strangers. In the black community we just get told you better not bring no baby home or you are going to be an adult your childhood will be over. Or when we come home with kids at young ages most parents try to play the baby off as theirs. This is teaching us nothing but how to lie and be deceitful. I applaud those who were teenage parents and made it work. To go against all o...

You Will Make It!

So I got a new job in another state. Daily I was experiencing every emotion known to mankind during my move. I had a few things to finish back home before I made my new move. We threw my grandmother a surprise 80th birthday party. Which we killed & she LOVED it!!! Then I had to go back & finish packing up my apartment. You never know how much stuff you have until it’s time to move. I donated so many items to less fortunate people I don’t know where all of those things had fit into my one bedroom. I was jumping through hoops to finish all of my requirements for my upcoming job. A background check, a drug screen, a physical you name it I had to complete it. My window of time was closing down I was stressed, nervous, scared, & excited. I was stressed because moving is stressful but moving to a new state is worse. Nervous because starting over always plays on your nerves. Scared because I was leaving my comfort zone. Excited for the new opportunities that awaited me in my...