CHERYLSPEAKS

[cherylspeaks]

A Renewed Perspective

This one is a little longer than usual. On New Year’s Eve I took the final water aerobics class offered for 2021 at my local recreation cent

[cherylspeaks]

The Theater of Prayer

For best performance of a recycled prayer that you’ve heard so many times that we all can complete the cobbled together and trite phrases, t

[cherylspeaks]

Dem Bones

Nothing makes you feel old as when one of your limbs isn’t functioning the way it used to. Suddenly the children’s song, Dem Bones, makes se

[danielle-mertina]

Hello Danielle! What do you think of the book All about love by Bell Hooks? They are one of my favorite books of hers, but I don't see many people talking about it here in Brazil.

I haven't read it in years, but I remember really enjoying it. She really got me thinking early on about the importance of being with a man who values me as his equal.

She has a quote that essentially says that love cannot coexist with domination (maybe from that book or another one - she has a trilogy about love). And that made me realize why I could never be in a patriarchal relationship, or worse, a patriarchal marriage.

[cherylspeaks]

Her trilogy on Love is amazing. One year I got every woman in my family the white cover of the three (Communion: the female search for love) for Christmas. She really stressed how much we need to learn to love and value ourselves. I’m not sure that my sisters, cousins, and my mom appreciated that gift as much as I felt the message was screaming out to them. Now I want to revisit those books. Thanks for reminding me of them.

[alwaysbewoke]

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. - James Baldwin

[kuutamosonaatti]

Sämpycat in snow

[chubbycattumbling]

THIS IS MAGICAL

[mammafairchild3]

@softthyla

[odinsblog]

“I’m not going to the fucking White House. No.”

[alwaysbewoke]

This is how you deal with a question framed into a false premise. Also Stacey is a treasure.

[la-laborista-republiko]

[property-is-theft-deactivated20]

Will always reblog at every opportunity

[cherylspeaks]

Thanks for the great review kevkonkel ★★★★★! #cherylsgeneralstore #cookies http://etsy.me/2Aybylx

[intellect-poet]

Nina’s Poem (I Am Looking At Music) by Nina Mosley (Nia Long) - Love Jones

It is the color of light, The shape of sound high in the evergreens It lies suspended in hills, A blue line in a red sky.

I am looking at sound.

I am hearing the brightness Of high bluffs and almond trees I am tasting the wilderness of lakes, rivers, and streams Caught in an angle of song.

I am remembering water That glows in the dawn The motion tumbled in earth Life hidden in mounds.

I am dancing a bright beam of light

I am remembering love.

[cherylspeaks]

Walk the National Mall in support of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Thursday, March 10th http://www.womenshealth.gov/nwghaad/

[cherylspeaks]

[pretty-period]

what I wouldn’t give for another moment like this with my grandmother(s) 😍

Photo Credit: @haitianrich #PrettyPeriod

[accras]

Beautiful

[chrissongzzz]

Reblog if you think your Mother is a blessing to You.

[spiritualinspiration2]

When you put God first, when you obey His commands, you open the door for His favor—you have the advantage for success! Even if someone has wronged you and it looks like they have the upper hand, even if it looks like things are never going to change, you need to keep reminding yourself, “I have an advantage. God is in control of my destiny. He’s fighting my battles for me. He is my vindicator, and it’s just a matter of time before things change in my favor.

[cherylspeaks]

Join us at the DC Public Health Summer Happy Hour & Networking on Friday, Jul 31 at 6:00pm: http://meetu.ps/2KBwWC Lauriol Plaza!