Acclaimed author and poet Maya Angelou died this morning at age 86. Not many people have inspired as many lives as Maya Angelou has. Did you know that at 16, Maya Angelou was the first black streetcar conductor in San Francisco and also the first woman conductor? By the time she…
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Last week, while returning from my visit to the doctor, I saw a young chap by the roadside selling lotus flowers. The sight of this beautiful flower made me think of the phrase “bloom where you are planted” and brought back some childhood memories. Years ago, in our native place in…
I know my Mom had it rough when raising me – of course she never mentioned it. Even when I was young I understood that my dad, who left us, would never come back, though our family believed otherwise. I am sure the uncertainty of “what’s next?” must have worried my…