You came into Ms. Ramsey\’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother\’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else\’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke […]
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You came into Ms. Ramsey\’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother\’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else\’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke
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You came into Ms. Ramsey\’s math class A chestnut face full of braces and vibrant colored beads in neat braids you probably sat between your mother\’s legs the night before anxious about your first day of school Since your first day was everyone else\’s 68th I did not understand why I stuttered when I spoke
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I’m here, waiting to be recovered, waiting to be restored. You were taken from the dark continent, betrayed, transported and enslaved, and shamed. Men disgraced, women demeaned, children disregarded. And in the process, I am diminished. I am Black Love, waiting to be recovered, waiting to be restored. I’m here, waiting to be recovered, waiting
Los Angeles Rams: NFC Champions Despite losing their last game of the season to the 49ers, the Rams emerged as the champions of the NFC West. This allowed them to host their first-round playoff game against Arizona. In that game there was really only one team that was going to win, as the Rams dominated
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Bathe your body with bath salts of self-reflection. Wash your hair of unnecessary excess. Trim the split ends of indecisiveness so confidence can grow evenly and strong. Use a pumice stone to gently exfoliate the callouses of comparisons, and of fear and doubt. Use the toner of total honesty to cleanse and brighten the skin
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In the recent post, Hidden Figures: The Secret is Out!, I featured an incredible story of a family of Black women and their business successes. McKissack and McKissack is the outgrowth of the oldest minority/women-owned architectural and engineering firm in the United States. I would say that their success beat the odds of every negative
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Mahmoud Khedr, the speaker in the YouTube TEDx Talks publication “How Toxic Positivity Leads to More Suffering,” describes how positivity can be toxic. He explains that he was once a person who unknowingly exhibited toxic positivity. He utilized it to deal with bullying in high school, money problems at home, and carried it into his
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All four games were dramatic and had wildly entertaining finishes. The first three games all ended with a game-winning FG as time expired. The fourth and final game went to OT after a furious number of points were scored in the last two minutes of the game. That match-up would be settled by a game-winning
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Languishing Thankfully, writers and thinkers exist and can provide the public with a positive outlook and understanding of what we face and feel. According to Adam Grant, writer of the New York Times article \”There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing,\” many people are feeling “a sense of stagnation and emptiness”
