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Remembering (A Haiku)
Yesterday, I learned a dear friend passed away. I sat on my tan carpet with my legs crossed and my laptop cradled in my lap. In the kitchen, my sons chatted with their mouths full over graham crackers and raisins. I glanced out the window beside where I sat and the late afternoon sun was descending in the sky. The…
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The Trouble with SNL's White Christmas and my first Twitter war!
So, I wrote this little article over on Black Girl Nerds that seems to be causing quite the firestorm. I wrote the article after seeing SNL’s skit, White Christmas, an attempted parody of black film. Venture on over to BGN and let me know what you think, then if you feel like witnessing the firestorm,…
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Toni Morrison and Junot Diaz
Junot Diaz interviewed Toni Morrison last Thursday and it was broadcast live on YouTube, sponsored by New York Public Library. I hadn’t heard about the event before last Thursday and when a good friend of mine sent me the link, I damn near crashed my car. Toni Morrison is my favorite author of all time…
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Remembering Sandy Hook
As a mother of a first grader, my heart breaks every time I see these beautiful faces and remember the senseless and violent way their precious lives ended. My thoughts and heart are with these little souls today and everyday. Mommies and Daddies, we will never forget your beautiful angels. We will also never forget those heroic teachers…
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I was that girl
While waiting for my eldest to get out of school, I saw a girl, no older than nine, walking with her nose in a Beverly Clearly book. She was so focused on her book she tripped twice, and was hit square in the face by a stray snowball from the group of boys having a snowball fight beside her. …
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Becoming Free
I always get overly introspective at the end of the year. Though time is relative and New Years Eve is really just another day, the end of the year always fills me with nostalgia. I miss the good memories, am anxious to get beyond the bad ones and hopeful about what lies ahead. This time last year, I was hitting ‘publish’ on…
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We have our winners!
CONGRATS, Lisa K. and Melanie P.! Now repeat after me, I promise… not to… download Drake or Ke$ha. Okay, we’re good here. Thank you ALL again for your support! *** I reached 200 Likes on Facebook! I can’t tell you how much it means to me that 200 folks have clicked ‘like’ on my…
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Why Admitting I Need My Husband Was So Hard For Me
Hey err’buddy! An article I wrote on marriage is up on Black and Married With Kids. Check it out here. For those of you that followed my work at We of Hue, it is spin off of a piece I wrote titled, Raising a Single Mom a few years ago. If you enjoy it, please…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Eatin’ the day away with the husband, tiny humans and extended family. So grateful that I am warm, fed and surrounded by love. I hope you and yours have a wonderful, wonderful day! Love and Light, Faye
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Black Artist Manifesto
(c) Matt Small “You know, it’s not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself.”James A. Baldwin I don’t know if I can pinpoint a day I decided to do what I…
Faye McCray 