When I was 5 and a half to six years old, my young aunts (all under 25-years-old) taught me how to corn-roll! From that day on, everyone who wanted their hair braided would ask me to braid their hair. "I absolutely loved braiding hair too!" You know as I reflect on yester-years, I think I liked braiding my family's hair because it brought us closer.

That probably explains why I stopped braiding anyone's hair again until my daughter was born. You see, I was snatched away from my grandmother, cousins, and aunts and uncle and placed in a foster home alone and even away from my siblings.

I just realized today that my love of braiding tied in with family closeness. Once my family was gone, there was nothing to keep my thoughts together long enough to enjoy doing it any longer! Yet, I still loved doing hair.

So when I saw this corn-roll hair style (below) of this little girl's, all those memories of braiding my aunts' hair came rushing back! Yeah, those days I spent braiding their hair outside on Little Mama's porch laughing and giggling at my silly big brothers Van and Freddy! And, I sigh because I miss those days! :'(

Maybe one day I'll have a granddaughter and I could start over again! Right! 

By Catherine Davis
Founder/CEO
Listen & Study Services

The Democratic Party seems to be letting an awful lot of Blacks and poor followers down. And, Hillary Clinton is not helping ease the tension and lack of trust considering how she changes her political stance on a whim.

With so much pressure to vote for a woman because one is a woman, or to vote for a Democratic party because one is black or poor, one becomes confused and disillusioned and unable to figure out who to vote for. You're even told to vote for the lesser of two evils. Like, "What does that mean?" 

What some mean by vote for the lesser of two evils is this, "Vote for either Hillary or Trump because they're both evil!" Don't believe me? Google my statement! Hillary lied about her knowledge of Benhazi, the leaked government emails, and only supporting Gay Rights when it suited her agenda, amongst many other troubling adverse issues surrounding her presidential candidacy. "Can she be trusted is the outcry heard from Clinton's would be supporters had they not become suspicious of her trustworthiness!"

Don't even get me started on Donald Trump who is not even trying to hide the fact that he could care less about the working class of the American society in general. Oh sure, he states in so many ways how he wants to make America great again (I guess he included poor and low-income Americans in those statements); however, what makes him so untrustworthy to blacks and other non-wealthy folks is his constant protection of his wealthy future constituents! He goes all out to say what they want to hear! He is considered evil because of what he said about immigrants - How he would build a wall to keep them out (this doesn't set well with American Latinos and Hispanics.


By Catherine Davis
Listen & Study Services
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