It has been a while since I have posted on my own blogs. During that time a friend of mine had several strokes while another passed away. There have been a handful of women I have relied upon for support as I adjusted to these changes and I want to thank them now:
My daughter, Amara Williams. Amara works with me in several different capacities and always with great enthusiasm, compassion, intelligence and charm! Thank you so much for your support, Amara!
My sister, Catherine McCall, MS, LMFT Catherine is a therapist with a practice in Atlanta and a presenter for RAINN (http://www.rain.org) Catherine has a memoir out titled When the Piano Stops: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse which has been out for a little over a year.
In the UK it has been on the best seller list under the title Never Tell for many weeks. You can read Mrs. McCall's articles published in Psychology Today. Go to their link (http://www.psychologytoday.com)for more information.
Cath, what a joy it is to have such a courageous author be my very own sister!! Congratulations on all of the work you have been doing and thanks for being there for me all the while.
Marian Haddad, author, essayist, teacher among so many, many other things has been quite a support person and I thank her for that right now! Ms. Haddad's new book Wildflower. Stone. is coming out shortly so you will want to keep an eye out for it.
Marian was a Pushcart Awards Nominee for Poetry last year. Her humor and expertise has been a a real blessing for me these past few months. Thank you so much, Marian.
Carolyn Battle Cochrane you amaze me! You will all be hearing a lot about Carolyn's newly released documentary BIRACIAL NOT BLACK DAMN IT as her work keeps "buliding the bridge that will bring the races together."
Carolyn has been interviewed by Tyra Banks, and CNN's Campbell Brown. Their quotes about Carolyn's work are on the cover of the 2 - set DVD, along with Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D. - Author "The Ditch-Digger's Daughters" - Pulitzer Prize Nominee and Lori Brown -Ed.D Educator/Entrepeneur - Opera Soup Productions, LLC. (And you will notice that my own quote happens to be included, too.) BIRACIAL NOT BLACK DAMN IT is one honest, thoughtful and timely documentary. For those who believe that we are in a "post racial" era you will have cause to think again as you view this film. And for many biracial teens and adults you will be the receivers of a platform that you might not have known existed for you before.
What can I say, Carolyn? Your work has touched my heart deeply and enhanced my knowledge of the workings within my own interracial family. I am indebted to you for your
devotion, expertise & sheer brilliance about a subject many shy away from, are actually afraid of or may believe is non-existent. Thank you! Thank you!
There are other women who also mean a great deal to me. As the weeks and months go by I will tell you more about them.
So as you can see Talking About Race continues. The subject is woven within my cherished friendships both within and without my own family members.
These past few months have been full, busy and perhaps most importantly, as fertile with new beginnings as they have been with stunning points-of-departure between old friends as only severe illness and passings can be. Certainly I am not alone. My cup is full. I hope that yours is too.
You're blogging again! Hooray! Thanks for your appreciation,Sis, and it definitley goes both ways. On the subject of race in particular, through your book and our relationship you continue to raise my consciousness about racism--my own and that of others-- on a daily basis, the way Gloria Steinem and Letty Cottin Pogrebin once did about sexism.
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