I love receiving e-mails from readers I don’t know because I then go on a hunt to get to know them. Such was the case with Navjot Kaur who sent me a lovely e-mail today, which then led me to her blog SOCH (which means to think and reflect). I’ve been doing a lot of [...]
A few months back, my dear cousin, Dr. Monica Benjamin Hayes, introduced me to her colleague, Nathaniel Wesley Jr., as she knew his research on black hospitals in Amercia would intrigue me. Nat agreed to this interview. A.B. What made you decide to go ahead and write this very important book? In 1977 I was asked by the National [...]
Here’s another Father’s Day tribute/story from Gina Gratia. I have an AWESOME dad to share with you. My father’s name is Jean Leroy Gratia and he’s from the island of Haiti. He was and still is the head of the Gratia household. My father was strict when my two older sisters and I were little [...]
“When you get, give, when you learn, teach.” -Maya Angelou And I have learned a lot over the past three months, since discovering a hairline dimple on my left breast – that beneath it grew a 2.3 centimeter, cancerous lump. That lump – which was removed two weeks ago – has become yet another chapter [...]
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