Many of you may be familiar with Grace Myers for her role on the wildly popular television series Empire. I didn’t know that she was also an author. When I saw her book with a young black girl with a huge afro I bought it. The title of the book, I Am Enough, (available at…
This excerpt is from my book Lessons I Learned From Loving You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Healing scheduled for 2022 release. The first year is the hardest when someone dies. Darren died in October, and soon I had to face the holidays without him. There was happiness all around me but not for me.…
This excerpt is from my book Lessons I Learned From Loving You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Healing scheduled for 2022 release. Grief is so hard and people are often at a loss about what to say or do. These tips are designed to help you comfort someone who is going through grief in your…
This pandemic has made people realize the importance of relationships with family and friends. For months most of the country was sequestered in their homes only to come out to go to the store or to the doctor. Zoom became the thing to do and has forever altered how we communicate. As the mask mandates…
Ruby Williams Shivers is the author of the newly released, Why Shouldn’t I Cry? Ode to the Black Man, available on Amazon. This book talks about Black love with a focus on Black men who have been so misunderstood. She coined the phrase African Slave Virus 401, to explain the impacts that slavery, Jim Crowism…
This topic came to me after I was speaking with a man I was interested in. When he found out how I was voting he ridiculed me and told me that I needed to read. This reaction was so unexpected. Up until that we had that conversation things had been cool with us. We never…
In the first two minutes of God’s Purpose we are drawn into the complex world of tv anchor Jeremy, played by Simeon Henderson. Jeremy is reluctant to leave his player days behind him and fully commit to his long-term girlfriend Ashley, played by Niya Davis. A summer jumpoff with Vanessa, played by Victoria Fox, threatens…
I got inspired to write this post after I saw the promotion for The Photograph, a movie about a young Black couple navigating love. (I had hoped to see this movie but my male friend has been incognito. Sigh.) When I go to the movies I usually see an action flick but the trailer from…
What is a bromance? A bromance is a close, non-sexual friendship between men.
Work friendships are important to business success.