All Matters of Dopeness (Musings and Comedy in Erie's World)

*A Throwback Worth Re-Posting* Let me first start off with a disclaimer.  I love men.  My father was a man; my brother was a man, and some of my closest friends are men...  I have been blessed with really good men in my life (family, friends, etc....), so I do not want this to come off as if I am being harsh on the men (And at some point I am going to go in on women too because I feel like the "game" is messed up because we are compromising and flooding the market with certain commodities that should only be given in marriage, but I digress).  But today, I am about certain men. If you are a man and this doesn't apply to you, then, amen. However, if it does apply then maybe it'll help you get your mind right.  If you are a woman then you already know why there are some men we just cannot fool with, but here is our reminder.   ********************************************************************************* Some men think women give them a hard time, treat th...

I remember it like it was yesterday.  The year was 2005, the country was Ghana, and the feeling I had deep within was a mixture of gratefulness and anticipation.  I had longed to go to Africa as a little girl, and was most sure that my mother, brother and I would go as a family.  Well, a year and a few months after my brother’s death I found myself getting off of a plane with my new "boyfriend", looking wide –eyed all around me, and thinking about how the people I would be with were not who I had planned to be with on such an adventure.  Kim, my new friend and team leader, met us at the airport accompanied by a couple of West African PIONEER ministry leaders and got us started on our journey.  We spent several days in Accra and then went south to Tema where we stayed with Enoch and Lydia, a doctor and a dentist who were native Ghanaians, before heading to the Elmina Slave Castle in Cape Coast towards the close of our trip. We were constantly on the go:  pre...