A blessed safe Friday to you and your family. Some schools are closed for the summer holiday and many more are going to be closed soon. Your child’s grades are going to be their stepping stone into their future. Good or bad your child is gifted... talented. Their talent is the thing they love and they do it effortlessly. Help your child to strengthen their talent. Listen to your child. Before you speak, take a sip of water.

‘Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. Proverbs 17:28.

New York is doing something right. When the school year ends, The Department of Education is going to provide free breakfast and lunch to children ages 18 and under. Children will not have to register and they don’t have to show identification. The meals are free and will be available at 1,200 sites across the 5 boroughs of NY. I am so happy to hear this. Gone were the days when children who could not pay 75cents, were turned away from a meal.

This world is in disarray because of the evil wicked degrading things done to teachers. Teachers imparts their knowledge on an ignorant person educating them to become self-sufficient. This person finds a job and makes thousands of dollars more than their educator.

A wonderful safe day to you and your family.

Happy Sunday. Enjoy your day and be safe. Remember you do not have to answer to every dog that howls. (When a naysayer, killjoy etc., talks.)

My sister-in-law just called me and said, “Happy Anniversary!”

Me: What is the date today?

Sister-in-law: May 25. The day you got married 23yrs ago.

Me: Harold and I talked when we got up and he went to do a job. I just got off the phone with him and we talked about this and that. Oh gosh we both forgot.”

Sister-in-law: I really don’t know what to say about the both of you. Every year is the same thing.

Me: All I can say about that is; We are happy.”

Sister-in-law: And that is important.

Me: Thank you.

Oh gosh that man is ah movaylang (Mauvaise Langue) kind ah man. The worst kind of man to cross your path. My father used to tell me if I come across a bad tongue man, let him go his way. He did not really have to tell me because I don’t like gossipy men.

Have a nice day. Enjoy and be safe.

Have a wonderful safe day. Remember if you bring someone into your home (I mean anyone.) and their spirit clashes with your child’s spirit, that person should not be allowed by into your home. Children are the logos; the inevitability of divine reason and creative order in our life. Pay attention to what your child/children tells you.

If you see your brother or sister struggling and you could help them, help. No one will blame you if you cannot help. If you help someone, don’t talk about it. Sip some water it will stop you from talking. Don’t block your blessing. Have a nice day. Enjoy and be safe.

Robert F. Smith, a billionaire technology investor and philanthropist, told Morehouse College graduating class of 2019 that he and his family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. This payment is estimated at $40 million dollars. He also said, “Let’s make sure every class has the same opportunity going forward, because we are enough to take care of our own community. We are enough to ensure we have all of the opportunities of the American dream, and we will show it to each other through our actions and through our words and through our deeds.”

Happy Sunday to you and your family. Enjoy your day and be safe.

The lawmakers are making laws to benefit themselves and the voters are their patsy.

Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Thank you, God, for your Grace and peace. Thank you, God, for mercy.

Barry Hovis a Missouri Republican Lawmaker who was a retired Cape Girardeau police lieutenant said that most of the rapes that he saw in law enforcement didn't involve gentlemen jumping out of bushes. Most of them were date rapes or consensual rapes. When is rape consensual?’ I wonder who educated him and all the others who differentiates rape as a casual loving event?

Women we need to stand with each other.

Women in India standing up for women. They beat abusive men senseless.

Women you are seeing daily who is for you and who is against you. Many men are disrespectful to women. Not because a man might look debonair doesn’t me that respect is embedded in him. You might be surprise by what flows out of his mouth and the way he treats you. Many women turn a blind eye to their man’s disrespect. If your man respects you, cherish him.

The bill to ban abortion--- “Human Life Protection Act” is going to be disastrous. Proverbs 18:2 —The fool takes no delight in understanding, but rather in displaying what he thinks. As my father always used to say, “Mark my words!”

Look at the people who voted for the bill.

Rumi The Users of Fear: Some human beings are safe havens. Be Companions with them. Others may seem to be friends, but they are really consuming your essence like donkey lapping sherbet. Detach from them and feel your flexibility returning. The inner moisture that lets you bend into a basket handle is a quickening inside that no one is ever afraid of. Rumi ---(1207-1273)

There is a war on women and children. The Alabama State Senate passed the “Human Life Protection Act” --- This bill bans abortions in the state. The only exception is to prevent a serious health risk. There is no exception for rape and incest. It also criminalizes abortion as a Class A felony. A doctor can get up to 99 years in prison for doing the procedure.

Imagine a child is raped and she becomes pregnant. She has to have the baby if it is not a health risk. It is time the table turn. Men need to go through the trauma of pregnancy. Labor pains should be their burden to bear. I believe they would respect women and children after they experience the pain. As the old Trinbago Folks used to say, “They go meet it, oui.”

The Mod Squad was one of my childhood’s favorite shows. Peggy Lipton was one of the stars. RIP Peggy Lipton. (1946-2019)

My mother’s favorite song was; Once I Had A Secret Love and sometime during the day you could hear her singing it. Thanks to Doris Day.

(1922-2019) RIP Doris Day.

To all Mothers, Caregivers and Fathers who are doing double duty.

Do you remember Leona Helmsley, The Queen of mean? She was a billionaire and was convicted of tax fraud. She was mean that’s why she was called ‘The Queen of mean. During her tax evasion trial, one of her employees testified that ‘The Queen of mean said, “We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.” She was right. When we owe the IRS, they come at you real hard. Imagine they are supposed to take their payment from your bank account om the 15^th of every month, but they take that money on the 14^th.

I am still going over my Heritage, My23andme and my African Ancestry information. These are the countries of some of my Kinfolks’ birthplace.  Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Jamaica, Grenada, Barbados, Puerto Rico, Montserrat, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Bahamas, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Mexico, Poland, Italy and France. I am loving this journey I am on. It is interesting and surprising and worth finding out who I am related too. You might be my kinfolk.

In my journey to find out my heritages, I did my African Ancestry and they successfully identified my maternal genetic ancestry. I share maternal genetic ancestry with the Mende people in Sierra Leone. My journey continues.

A wonderful safe Wednesday to you and your family. Remember that God hates liars and the devil loves liars.  So, choose your words wisely and be truthful.

I believe if you are faced with racism and you say nothing, you are giving the racist the go-ahead to do it again. Another situation could have gone bad for Harold. One of the rules in Manhattan buildings is a drop cloth is to be put on the floor while you are working so the floor doesn’t get soiled.

When Harold arrived to do a job, he and the technician, a white man started to converse because they knew each other. The super a white man came into the room and he shouted in a loud derogatory manner, “Who is this man!?”

“This is Mr. Joseph our electrician,” the technician said.

The super looked at Harold angrily and said, “I don’t want you doing any work in my building! You don’t have a drop cloth.”

“I haven’t started working yet, but this is my drop cloth,” Harold said as he took the cloth out of his bag and dropped it on the floor.

 “You are threatening me! I am calling the police!” The super shouted.

“I did not touch you or shouted at you. I showed you my drop cloth.”

“He is not threatening you. All he did was show you his drop cloth!” The technician said.

“Yes, he is threatening me! I don’t like people like him! I’m calling the police!”

“Call the police. The cameras will show my actions.” Harold said.

“Don’t call the police. My manager is on his way he will clear up this situation. Harold, don’t leave,” The Tech said.

The manager came and cleared up the situation. Harold completed the job but he informed them he is not going to in that building again.

A wonderful safe Sunday to you and your family.

No one can control the feelings of the heart. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9.

What was said to the Rose. By Rumi

What was said to the rose that made it open
was said to me here in my chest.

What was told to the cypress that made it strong
and straight, what was whispered to the jasmine

so, it is what it is.

Whatever made sugarcane sweet;

Whatever was said to the inhabitants of the town of Chigil in Turkestan that makes
them so handsome.

Whatever lets the pomegranate flower blush like a human face, that is being said to me now. I blush.

Whatever put eloquence in language, that’s happening here.

The great warehouse doors open; I fill with gratitude, chewing a piece of sugarcane, in love with the one to whom every ‘that’ belongs!

Ex. 14:13-14. Fear not! Stand your ground and you will see the victory the LORD will win for you today. The LORD himself will fight for you; you only have to keep still. Amen.

Man is so unfair to man! No words but my prayers. “World without end. Amen.”

Ps. 19:14. Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart find favor before you, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer. Amen.

Ps. 52. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. God shall likewise destroy thee forever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. I will praise thee forever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. Amen.