Author Archives: sistahatty

“Sing the praises of our ancestors”

Posted on July 3, 2012 by sistahatty

A post by Rosemary Mullally touched my soul because it conveyed  the burning desire deep within me to collect and share the stories of my family: “As an African American living in a country and a society of Africans, I can’t help … Continue reading →

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Health care and the Affordable car act (ACA)

Posted on July 1, 2012 by sistahatty

The ACA requires those who do not have health insurance to make a sacrifice so that (1) emergency rooms are used as true emergencies and not as primary health care; and (2) so that local taxes which support the indigent … Continue reading →

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Discernment

Posted on June 27, 2012 by sistahatty

1 Corinthians 2:14 New International Version (NIV) “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” … Continue reading →

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On finding white slave master ancestors

Posted on June 27, 2012 by sistahatty

All my life I was told that all four of my grandparents had mixed race backgrounds. Of course, this was no surprise as my father was light skinned with”good hair” from his mulatto grandparents on both paternal and maternal sides. … Continue reading →

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Family

Posted on June 27, 2012 by sistahatty

I cannot believe that so many people barely know the names of their grandparents, not to mention their grandparents. I’m reading “American Tapestry” by Rachel Smirns http://vimeo.com/42383532 I cannot believe that baby boomers are surprised to learn of miscegenation in … Continue reading →

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Nora Ephron

Posted on June 27, 2012 by sistahatty

Nora Ephron will not be reincarnated as fly on the wall. She has been there and done that. She had to be because she wrote about my life in the movie “Heartburn!” why else would she use the name Mark … Continue reading →

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Hello human family

Posted on June 27, 2012 by sistahatty

Welcome to Djeli- Here you will find history, praises, testimonies of faith- How we got over. This is Djeli, because we must learn from the past in order to move successfully forward. The past brought us to this day by … Continue reading →

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