Family - Marleyisms

Parenting

I’m Grateful For A Letter From My Dad

It’s has become the most valuable thing I possess.

Affairs

When The Children Came, The Love Went

Watching my neighbors grow apart after the children arrive from my kitchen window.

Interracial Relationships

My Biracial Granddaughter Was Taught To Be Racist

I’m helping her unlearn her fear of Black people.

Mental Health

You Did the Crime, You Must Do The Time

A story about trauma, aging, family, bad parenting, adult children, mental illness, and maintaining peace.

Feminism

There Is No Feminism In The Wild

I’m Tired of Advocating For Rights Based On Sex

Family

How My Grandma’s Death Repaired My Relationship With My Father

I learned a lot about my grandma after she died. An essay about what loved ones leave behind in death.

Education

How Federal Policy Impacts Public Education

As well as your life and livelihood An essay about how federal policy impacts public education.

Family

My Renewed Appreciation For Father’s Day

Remembering the good seeds my dad has sown into our lives this Father’s Day. An essay about about a new found appreciation for Father’s Day.

Family

Beautiful Trees, Rotten Fruit

Just because a family looks healthy and happy doesn’t mean it is. Our beauty is skin deep. Dysfunctional families are not always visible to the human eye, but the results of the physical, sexual, and emotional abuse show up other ways. Even in ones death.

Family

My Grandma Is Dead, I feel No Sorrow, I Have No Shame

She died Friday. But I’m not sad. I have no tears. And I surely won’t miss her. An essay about the life and death of my grandmother.

Divorce

How The Shutdown Will Destroy Many Marriages

When the going gets tough, the tough get… divorced. Donald Trump’s Shutdown will dissolve many marriages in 2019 and beyond. This essay is about how Trump’s Shutdown will cause many couples to divorce

Family

Don’t Have Kids If You Can’t Afford Them

How your little bundles of joy easily become someone else’s burden when adult children fail to plan for their child rearing needs. Having kids is easy. Caring for them is a different story. Don’t have kids unless you can care for them.

Christmas

Christmas: The Most Terrible Time of the Year

When visiting your adult child for the holidays represents stress and anxiety. It’s the holiday season for most people the most wonderful time of the year they’ll say. And while I don’t celebrate holidays in general, this year this time of the year is a nice time to get away…

Family

What Must It Be Like to Have a Love Supreme

Watching the funeral services of President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral on yesterday, I great appreciated how his family…

Family

The Real Reason His Mama May Be Happy to See You

And it’s not the reason you think it is, so get over yourself.

Mental Health

Freedom By Death: A Caretaker Imprisoned By Mental Illness

One Woman's Story of Caring For Multiple Family Members With Mental Health Issues On the outside, she appears to have her stuff together. She's been married 24-years, with her husband for nearly 27-years, she has a good job and 4-kids. She has a nice home, and a stay-at-home…