(ThySistas.com) Atatiana Jefferson was shot in her home by a policeman in Fort Worth, TX.  Christopher Whitfield, a black man with a mental illness, was shot by a policeman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Isacc Madueno Santibanez, a 17-year-old, was shot by a policeman in Glendale, AZ during an illegal party.  ...

(ThySistas.com) I will confess that I never read a single Transformers comic book. I am a lover, however, of the movies.  There is something really cool about robots who actually like humans despite our crazy ways. The most recent film in the trilogy, The Last Knight,  has a transformer named ...

(ThySistas.com) America wants the world to believe we are a progressive nation. We are a nation that values democracy and fights for the citizens of this nation. I would love to believe that, but I live a very different reality. Granted I know there are many things about America that ...

(ThySistas.com) No one wants to feel that they are not being heard in a situation. Being silenced is uncomfortable, and can make one feel invisible in a relationship or work space. Far too often we tend to push our verbiage causing a rift that later we are unable to fix. ...

(ThySistas.com) “…Do not let the sun go down on your anger…” I am paraphrasing the verse from Ephesians 4:26-27 I heard many times when couples attempted to give me advice before I get married in 2010.  Solid advice. I will admit it.  What they forgot to mention, however, is the ...

(ThySistas.com) I was once told believing in God is easy when everything is going the way you want it to go. We are conditioned to believe everything God that happens to us is because of God, and anything bad was because he allowed it or actually caused it. Many believe ...

(ThySistas.com) The climate of our society seems more focused on the training and sensibilities of boys. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard women say: teach your son’s not to beat, teach your sons boundaries, teach your sons to respect girls, teach your sons to value women, and teach ...

(ThySistas.com) Health challenges due to illness can mean taking a lot of different medications that can be difficult. Every woman wants to feel beautiful. Hair, nails, and skin are a very important part of one’s self image. In addition to what illness does to the body, medication can make one ...

(ThySistas.com) As I sit here writing about health, I realize it’s been over 20 years sine I’ve had a pain free day. I don’t remember what it’s like to wake up and just move about my day without having to map out how to get my body to comply with my ...

(ThySistas.com) Ah…Zora Neale Hurston.  A popular author? Not until after death for the most part. Why?  Her truth.  Most of her stories used real dialect and real conversations of African Americans in the South.  She never apologized for it.  Barracoon, a book written by Hurston but posthumously released, tells the ...