Jul 23, 2014

Beautiful

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Dear beautiful Black Man. I am writing this letter to first thank you for being simply beautiful.

A lot of you never hear the positive affirmation that you deserve. So many of you are GREAT Fathers Sons, brothers, Uncle’s, Grandfather’s, Godfather’s, and Friends, I want to thank you for being there.

Dear Beautiful Black Man, I will never understand your struggle, or your hustle. I will never understand how it feels to be born and already have two strikes against you. 1. Being Black 2.Being a Black Male. Three strikes if you are born into single family home. Dear Beautiful Black Man I will never understand being profiled by the police because I am a young black man that looks “suspicious.” Dear Beautiful Black Man. I will never understand the struggle of trying to build a legacy when you feel that the whole world is against you. Dear Beautiful Black Man, but I do understand that as a Beautiful Black woman, my job is to pray for you, that the weapons that form shall NEVER prosper. Make your home a castle that when you come home from fighting the war of the world you can be at peace and know that I have your back. I will nurture your seed and make sure that they know that their DADDY is the protector, provider, and teacher. And when times get hard like I know they will, I will be there to pray you through, affirm you, listen to you, push you and make you feel like the Beautiful Black Man that you are.

Dear Beautiful Black Man I see the struggle, I hear your concern, but know you are built to last, just take a look at your ancestors; Kings, Rulers, Prophets, Scientist, Civil Rights leaders, all of who struggled much like yourself and came out on TOP. To My Beautiful Black Men who have died because of your Beauty know that your blood shed is not in vain.  Your sons will know the sacrifice that you made, and they will be taught that their Beauty too, will someday bring pain, but they can overcome it!

Dear Beautiful Black Man you are loved.

Signed A Beautiful Black Women. –Tova Jones

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Jul 17, 2014

I’ll pass on that $1,000,000

So as you all have heard me say before, I am a regular viewer of Love & Hip Hop Atlanta. This week’s episode was called the “Big Release.” The episode consisted of Mama Dee actually acting like a “real” mother and not some imaginary Queen of a Kingdom that Scrappy built. Kirk Having an apology party for Rasheeda, a mini cat fight between Carly and Benzino’s new fiancé, Joseline leaving Steebie J to clear her mind and go hang out with K. Michelle, But the part of the show that really had me in tears was the release of the sex tape with MiMi and Niko. Now I know the sex tape has been out for about 3 months and we all had so much to say about the morality in having a sex tape as a mother period, but really as a mother of a little girl who will have to carry this with her as well. If you have been following the show, you will know that MiMi has been struggling with the tape coming out. She felt that she had no other choice but to sign over the sex tape to  vivo.com and make a profit off of this “misfortune” her famous line this whole season is “I did this to make sure that my daughter is good, and that I can provide for her on my own.” Despite everyone telling MiMi that Niko leaked that tape she continued with the process. Toward the end of the show they showed everyone’s reaction to them watching the sex tape. Erica’s reaction took the cake for me, being that she is close to MiMi. Erica and Ariane watched the tape together. The look of shock, disappointment, and hurt graced their faces. Erica slammed shut the iPad and with tears in her eyes said “I can’t watch this”   she proceeded to say “ I don’t care about what box or corner MiMi felt like she was in, she is a grown woman and had a choice, I care about Eva (MiMi & Steebie’s Daughter) because I have a little girl, and Eva will have to live with this too”  I was literally crying because I felt the pain of not only MiMi’s Friends, family but of MiMi as well. I truly believe she was embarrassed, torn, and wanted to look like the winner at the end. I believe Niko was the master mind behind this video. Ladies there is a lesson in this “Never connect yourself to someone who doesn’t have your best interest at heart, if they are frequently putting you in compromising situations, he never had your BEST interest at heart.” Besides the obvious of me not taping myself with a Man that was NOT my Husband.  Me personally I would have never signed a professional deal to promote me as a porn star for any amount of money. I would of have to let the tape get leaked and deal with consequences. But that’s me! What would you have done?

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Jul 10, 2014

Bey Drops $7 Million On A Low Income Housing Project

So I know I’m not the only one who has set down and thought about what I could possibly do, if I had a Million dollars. My list went a little something like this. I would of course give Jesus his 10% and an offering, because without him it wouldn’t happen, cash out my mom, pay off my debt, put the rest in the bank and make small investments where my Husband and I will make money while we sleep. I often think about celebrities and how they give a portion of their money away to charity, some for the tax right off and some for the passion and personal responsibility that they have for the issue. But I must say that my girl Beyoncé has done something that I have been waiting for more Celebrities to do in their OWN communities (no shade to those who fight for issues in other countries, but we struggle here in the USA).  However, giving back to your community in a positive gesture goes beyond the present; it creates a legacy within the COMMUNITY that helped mode you. Even Though Bey & Jay “Are On The Run”….. Recently, the Houston native dropped $7 million to build a low-income housing project in her hometown for homeless men and women and children. They even named her a saint by her Pastor, Rev. Rudy Rasmus for her involvement with the church.

 

You wonder why some people are blessed? Just look at their giving pattern, and I’m not just talking about Tithe and offering, When you give freely you will receive abundantly! Good Job Bey……#Team GiveBackToYourOWN!!! I aint mad at you. Check out the full article here. http://rollingout.com/music/beyonce-builds-7-million-housing-complex-houston-homeless/

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