The 1992 film, A Few Good Men, starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, contains a powerfully intense courtroom scene between the two men. Tom’s character (Kaffee) is cross-examining Jack’s character(Col. Jessep) and Tom demands to know the truth: Col. Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee: I think I’m entitled. Col. Jessep: You want answers? Kaffee: I want the…
Month: January 2014
Get To Happy On Your Own
“I want someone who makes me happy.” How many times have we either heard that or said it ourselves? So what that basically means is that you’re not already happy, right? If that’s the truth, then you’ve got a lot of work to do! When did we start giving other people that kind of power…
WHAT TYPE OF WATER ARE YOU?
Several years ago, I sat with two dear friends in their home. We were having a conversation about someone who had made some very bad choices and had inflicted a lot of pain onto other people. My friends are a long-time married couple who have shared a lifetime together and are both wise and knowledgeable….
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ABOUT YOURSELF?
Long before I ever had my first article published in the Florida Times-Union years ago, I said that I was a writer. I spoke it, I believed it and I claimed it. I knew that writing is what I was born to do and the truth is, I’d been writing since I was a very young girl in…
What Women Need – What Women Want
This is not a new topic or thought. There have been conversations about this for years; Women meet for a girls’ night out and drink wine or coffee and lament to each other about the lack of “good black men.” But is it only in the black community that women are feeling emotionally abandoned? No,…
50 FABULOUS FACTS ABOUT BEING IN MY 50’S
I turned 50 four years ago and, honestly, I’ve had more fun, joy and peace in my life than I can ever remember, not to mention the amount of laughter, too! I find myself not only laughing at myself and some of the things I manage to get myself into, but also at some sitcoms that…
BLACK WOMEN: WHY AREN’T WE NICER TO EACH OTHER?
As I walked down the aisle at a local grocery store, I pushed my shopping cart and tried to decide what I wanted for dinner. I hate cooking! I sometimes look in other people’s shopping carts to see what they’re having and to maybe get an idea for something new. I saw a woman approaching…
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