The Week That Was: blackgirlgrown on Twitter

don't call it a comeback, i've been here for days, but not able to tweet. just finished an awesome project. now back to the twitterverse # He has a point –> RT @jamalhbryant: You can give without loving but you can't love without giving! # Need to read too! –> RT @mashable: New to Twitter [...]

Black Politico Woes…

It’s been quite busy on the black politico front over the last 24 hours.  First, House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-NY) is found to have violated House ethics rules.  Governor David Paterson (D-NY) is definitely not running for a full term as New York’s governor because of recent revelations of ethical lapses.  This [...]

Does Dad Have Dementia? Ten Symptoms to Watch For

The onset and development of memory loss and dementia can be your biggest concern as a child and caregiver for your parent. Sometimes taking care of the physical and organizational aspects of your parent’s aging process are tiring, but the idea of losing that person cognitively can be almost unbearable. Unfortunately, many of us have [...]

Building More Happiness in Your Life

Happiness takes work.  Yeah, it doesn’t seem like it should.  Bliss is just supposed to be, not a goal you arrive at.  It requires effort, diligence, and sometimes a little selfishness. As you know we’ve embarked on a Happiness Project here at blackgirlgrown with the help of Gretchen Rubin, author of the New York Times [...]

Health News Update

Racial Disparities Persist in Diagnosis of Advanced Breast, Colon Cancer:  The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among black women remained 30 percent to 90 percent higher compared to white women between 1992 and 2004, according to new findings by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. In addition, the disparity in the incidence of [...]

Get Thee Behind Me!: Financial Vices

Financial vices keep us from saving money.  I have several.  I love a nice bag, a pair of killer heels, and watching the sun come up in a different area code.  The wardrobe has got to be right (and in the right size given a little weight gain).  That doesn’t even begin to address my [...]

Baby Fat is Not Phat

First Lady Michelle Obama launched her initiative to combat childhood obesity.  The First Lady is no better spokeswoman to lead this charge.  She was (and still is) a working mother to beautiful Sasha and Malia.  She knows the difficulty in trying to put food on the table that the kids will actually eat and the [...]

Don’t Pull A Wesley Snipes on Your Taxes

It amazes me the number of people I still come across that believe they don’t have to pay federal income taxes.  Go for it.  See how that works out for you. Last week’s sad, quirky, and generally strange incident of a disgruntled taxpayer who flew his small plane into the Internal Revenue Service office in [...]

Student Loans Holding You Down?

For me, student loans weren’t a question of if, it was a necessary evil to pursue a college education.  I applied for every scholarship and grant known to man and still came up short.  My mom had done everything up to that point to prepare me to be “the first one in the family to [...]

All The Single Ladies!

Sometimes the single life doesn’t feel like a Beyonce video.  And as we learned from Race Talk’s Angela Stanley, it ain’t cheap either.  Shoveling duty over the last two weeks has also put me in the “yeah, I’m independent, but I could still use some help!” mood.  There is still snow on the ground but [...]

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