Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. -Barack Obama

Your past is not an excuse…

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch. -Jim Rohn

BMWK family here is a question for you. How did you parent’s marriage or the fact that they weren’t married factor into to the current relationship that you find yourself in?

“Everybody thinks of changing humanity, but nobody thinks of changing himself.” – Leo Tolstoy

by The Travelin Diva
Family Roadtrip…
Celebrate the 4th of July in the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection, Philadelphia! Celebrate the country’s birthday, in the country’s birthplace at the Sunoco Welcome America event this Saturday. Saturday’s event kicks off with the traditional opening ceremonies at 10am on the Independence Mall followed by a parade through historic Philly at 11am. The afternoon gets under way with the “Party on the Parkway” at noon on the Ben Franklin Parkway. “Party on the Parkway” features family fun activities, …

You must get good at one of two things;planting in the spring or begging in the fall. -Jim Rohn

by Tara Pringle Jefferson
Once, my dad and I were in the car, listening to Eminem of all people. He was singing some song about his daughter, Hailey.
“He really loves that little girl,” I said to him.
“Yeah, but didn’t I read somewhere that he has a song about killing her mom?” my dad (who considered himself “hip” because he read my old issues of The Source).
“Um…yeah.”
“Well, how is that healthy then?”
“But he’s a good dad,” I insisted. (Don’t judge me – I was only 12 or 13 at the time.)
“But he’s …

How to get your groove back!

“I used to think that being nice to people and feeling nice was loving people. Now I know it isn’t. Love is the most immense unselfishness and it is so big I’ve never touched it.” -Florence Allshom