Sharing the wealth, Iron sharpen iron.

Peace,
Achieng

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"Market for Niggaz"

"Slave trade"

"My Prison/Life"

Goodmorning Ladies,

not sure where to begin so i'll just ask

is it unreasonable to ask that our child be fed meals that i prepare and provide?
( even when other parents do not chose the same?)

to ask that our child not be fed processed foods but fruit instead, for snacks.. ?

to give her water, not juice?...( regardless, she has been given juice and lemonade...)

when we joined this facility we established this outright from the get go and it was agreed on, and now offense is taken when we ask that she adhere to what we established.

my husband said that he dont know how it is prepared and just wants our child to eat the home prepped food provided. She took great offense to this, to the point that she stated that she will not give our child anything from her house...not even fruit, that we should just provide it all.

This is frustrating... very frustrating

there are other things i dont like, that i have noticed as time has passed but i suppose all is flawed right?

we pay a low rate and well, you get what you pay for i suppose

I’m loving my fellow A.L.A Queen Wunmi!! She has such a POWERFUL Vibration. I certainly relate to her identity woes and it is a sentiment also mirrored in the excellent YMIB article on SOMI. I love Somi's term "Transitional African", because as soon as i read it I finally understood and recognized a definition that fit me and my struggles with identity, self, discomfort/conflict in this not here nor there skin, that no one ever understood, because I did not have the right words to intelligently and concisely explain it... Wunmi and Somi have inspired me to proudly and loudly declare that I confidently, unapologetically embrace all of me, my idiosyncrasies included!!

I am an African Free Spirit living in America existing wherever my dreams sail and forever anchored in AFRICA.

Thank you YMIB for spotlighting these wonderful African artists...and for creating this sacred community for sisters to really uplift each other

And I have to say I am feeling very blessed: my life mate is a rock-solid Brotha, a

Please enjoy's this Brother's beautiful expression.

then I think you will enjoy reading this article...

Are you feeling New Amerykah? Coz I have that on repeat, along with Mama's Gun!! The Wombman in revolutionary fi real

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/arts/music/02ryzi.html?pagewanted=3&_r...

Peace.

I wrote this about two and a half years ago shortly after me and my mate met. It was electric, natural...right. The magnetism was strong and manifested in the form a of a beautiful creative joyful love spirit child...ZAKIYA

TIME…

What time is it? Time is what it is
Endless, no beginning, no end

Tomorrow to soothe yesterday’s sorrow
Tomorrow to fulfill yesterday’s promise

Tomorrow is not promised, but full of promise for the future
Future rooted in the gift of this moment

This present, so precious and not guaranteed,
For all things manifest according to the creator’s will.

A will as strong as the spirit force moves nature
Serenading us to be closer to nature, our true nature.

Open, yielding, non – conforming, adapting…free
Free to be in this moment and experience it wholly…