Motherhood
Children Alter Your Life.
(ThySistas.com) Children are a wonderful gift. They bring a joy that is unspeakable, but with that they alter various aspects of your life. Everything...
Think Before Embarking on Motherhood.
(ThySistas.com) Becoming a parent is the most rewarding moment for some us regardless of how we experience it. However, it’s one of the hardest careers...
Too Grown, Too Young.
(ThySistas.com) It is a beautiful thing when mothers dote on their daughters, and spend time helping them develop their femininity. Learning how to enjoy...
Motherhood: Decisions, Decisions.
(ThySistas.com) Being a mother is an honorable title. A woman gets the chance to parent a child and help them grow up in the best way that she sees fit. The...
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Relationship Talk
Black Women Come Together.
(ThySistas.com) We are a caring and compassionate people overall. We understand the challenges that face our people, and the fears we have for our children....
Black Fathers Cry in the Dark.
(ThySistas.com) Every black person we see killed, be it in the streets or in their homes, is someone’s child. As we are coming off Father’s Day there...
A Letter to My Sons.
(ThySistas.com) It is important to me that you understand you are splendid in your own right. You are strong, smart, and your life is important. You are...
Self-Love Must become the Stronger Love.
(ThySistas.com) Love is such a strong emotion. It has the power to bring us to a place of joy and peace. We can experience a sense of fulfillment and balance...
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News
Black Women Come Together.
(ThySistas.com) We are a caring and compassionate people overall. We understand the challenges that face our people, and the fears we have for our children. We see our men being executed in the street, our sisters are being gunned down in their home, and our babies are in the crossfire of this violence. Our hearts go out to any woman that feels terror in any way where their family is concerned. As... [Read more of this review]
Black Fathers Cry in the Dark.
(ThySistas.com) Every black person we see killed, be it in the streets or in their homes, is someone’s child. As we are coming off Father’s Day there is a narrative that is often lost in the discussion of loss among our people. It is understood that the love of a mother is unmatched. We bear our babies in our body; ours is the first heartbeat they will ever hear. For many sistahs the process of... [Read more of this review]
A Letter to My Sons.
(ThySistas.com) It is important to me that you understand you are splendid in your own right. You are strong, smart, and your life is important. You are a blessing to your family, and community. You have strength and compassion; you deserve to be loved in this life. Your existence doesn’t make you a predator, you are not violent nor an abuser by nature. Being a black boy doesn’t make you overly... [Read more of this review]
Self-Love Must become the Stronger Love.
(ThySistas.com) Love is such a strong emotion. It has the power to bring us to a place of joy and peace. We can experience a sense of fulfillment and balance that can’t be found in any other range of emotion. With that being acknowledged, when love becomes perverted and abusive it can send one to a place of extreme darkness. Love that becomes a burden drains the spirit in a way that makes it hard... [Read more of this review]
Kindness Can Save a Life.
(ThySistas.com) Kindness should be human currency. Something we give as a gesture of the acknowledgement of the humanity of another individual. This is a bit different from being nice. There is a care associated with kindness that can remind someone that they are needed in the world. It can give someone the push they need to fight to stay alive if they are questioning the value of their life. Being... [Read more of this review]
Reopen: I’ll Just Stay Home.
(ThySistas.com) My state has re-opened. My city is starting to move again. That movement is slow, and it is slower than the rest of Louisiana, but it is happening. As people begin to exit the lockdown is seems many have decided Covid-19 wasn’t that real, or it is no longer a threat. When I step outside on the porch there doesn’t seem to be enough masks covering faces, and people are simply too... [Read more of this review]
Tips for Parents and Homeschooling.
(ThySistas.com) “A teacher’s job is easy.” Oh how wrong you are. Like parents, teachers are one of the building blocks to any and every career. While they make it look easy, it takes a lot of practice, long hours of planning, and a true love for what they do. During this pandemic, many schools have moved to virtual learning as a form of continuing the education process. However, a teacher... [Read more of this review]
An Education Change Is Gonna…Wait. It’s Here.
(ThySistas.com) Sam Cooke said it, and his voice definitely believed it. Now it is our turn. The American Education System has banked on children having a physical location with actual human beings in order to teach. Education reforms like “No Child Left Behind”, “Every Student Succeeds”, and “All Means All” have worked to change some aspects of education. Then, coronavirus said “Uh…not... [Read more of this review]
The 25%: Let the Rain Fall.
(ThySistas.com) “You can’t stop the rain When it starts to fall There’s no one else to blame You can’t lock that door” -Loose Ends I always knew that Loose Ends was just talking about love and what happens when I get to difficult times. Then, I realized this song is about any aspect of life when I encounter hardships. The song hits completely different when you can apply it to your life. ... [Read more of this review]
A Journal Can Save Your Life.
(ThySistas.com) “You are crazy if you talk to yourself.” Heard this before? Offended? I hope not. According to a study by Gary Lupan and Daniel Swingley, talking to yourself actually makes you smarter. When you choose to do the same on paper, it is helping even more. Keeping a journal is not just something you did as a teenager to get through living under your parents’ roof. It is... [Read more of this review]
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