Dear girls, Homophobia is real, and you should rebuke it – each and every time you encounter it. There is a long debate about if gay parents should be allowed to adopt children. Love is love. Gay parents will NOT harm children any more than straight parents will harm children. If gay couples are in […]

Hi, girls. Here are some activities you can do – on a daily basis – to make a difference in the lives of women and others: Support other women. Stop competing with them. Instead, compete with yourself. Mentor other women. Stop bashing strong, outspoken and courageous women. Instead, focus on the quiet, sneaky and back-stabbing […]

To my sweet girls, I am active with the African-American alumni group of one of my alma maters, and I look forward to the annual reunions. I spent many years in the city where my alma mater is located and loved my time there. The city is like home and is the place that I […]

Dear girls, I truly hope that, when you become an adult, you find unconditional love with the love of your life. After all of these years, I still get butterflies in my stomach when I hear your uncle’s voice and see his face. How? I do not hold him accountable for making me happy. I […]

Dear sweet girls, I must admit that I struggle with weak and insecure people, especially women. I don’t care for them, and I feed them with a long-handled spoon. I struggle with people with low self-esteem, because they are very dangerous. I struggle with people who like to be liked, because they are willing to […]

Dear girls, Please do not allow other people – especially people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds – to make you feel inferior. Yes, you are beautiful. Yes, you are smart. Yes, you are worthy. You don’t have to dress the way they do. You don’t have to think the way they do. As long […]