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I said before that Christmas is my favorite time of the year. My maternal side of the family always had huge celebrations for Christmas. There was always a Christmas play at church and other festivities with friends and loved ones. It always seemed like there was extra love, warmth, and friendship in the air at …
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Now more than ever, it is important for families to gather around the dinner table and engage in meaningful and thoughtful conversation if we are ever to move from this current state of chaos and confusion in this country. Black families should gather around the dinner table and educate their children about the complicated relationship …
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So, I am a little late with the Sunday Family Dinner blog due to celebrating Father’s Day on yesterday and engaging in a little self-care and feeding my spirit. But the same premise applies for the post today, using dinner time to engage in conversation with our families. As we observe Juneteenth today, I find …
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So today was one of those days that started off badly, but ended with demonstrating a true God moment and showed me that as humans we don’t have to live divided. Here’s what happened… On my morning jog, my drivers license fell out of my pocket. I didn’t realize it until I got back home. …
When I first titled this blog - Sunday Family Dinner it was a way to encourage families to strengthen their communication and for parents to connect more with their children. I remember growing up in Michigan with the maternal side of my family and Sunday dinners being a big deal. This was the time where …
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So I know it’s not Sunday and I usually write my blog post on Sunday to introduce topics to discuss around the Sunday dinner table with your family. I have struggled with writing this blog post for several days, but feel that the topic is important enough to fight through my block and get the …
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In July 2018 and February 2020, I posted blog entries related to Love. In both of those posts I talk about the importance of love and the benefit of love in our lives. I also talked about why I choose to focus on love in my writings - because the world is filled with so …
When I thought about the topic for this blog post I had so much that I wanted to write, but as I am sitting here ready to type; I don’t know where I want to start. The last several years have seen race relations in this country go backwards to where it feels like Jim …
As I am writing this post, I just finished watching One Night in Miami that depicts one pivotal turning point in the lives for four friends - Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke. So many of the themes from the movie related to racism, race relations, and trying to dehumanize black people …
I don’t even know how to begin this post. America is the only place I’ve lived and the only country I’ve known. America is the place that my ancestors built through their blood, sweat, tears and forced enslavement. America is also the place that has caused me the most hurt and pain. Racism is destroying …
For those of you that follow my blog, you know that I usually write my posts on Sunday and share them then. But with so much happening in this country over the last week, I felt in my spirit that today was the day I needed to share. As a black woman in this country, …
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Dr. Daphne King 