The Potty Mouth Granny

  • I Wonder

    As the season changes from fall to winter, I’m sitting here thinking as usual and listening to music. As the song ‘That Girl’ by Stevie Wonder is playing, and I’m thinking about my Aunt Mary who died the same year when this song was released. And my other matriarchs. I wonder if they are proud…

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  • Grief, Energy, and Coping

    Facebook memories can be a very painful experience. A picture of my brother Randy that I had posted two years ago popped up while I was sitting down thinking about how I have outlived my entire childhood family. Literally everyone with whom I had formed my earliest memories with has crossed over and it’s a…

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  • The Harvest Season

    When the picture on the right was taken back in September of 2020, I was in the throes of grief. In the trenches. Wallowing in pain. My last remaining sibling had died in February and the country shut down a month later due to the pandemic. I was working from home, and stuck in the…

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  • The Big 55

    Earlier this morning, I was in the bathroom doing what humans do, and it occurred to me that I will be 55 years old next year. When I say it felt like I was slapped in the face with a sock full of bricks with that knowledge, it surely did. 55 years on this planet…

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  • A Book!!!

    I just published an ebook and would love some support. Please support my book and the link is below. The Change of Life As Told By A Middle-Age Around the Way Girl https://a.co/d/8dbo3kB

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  • How Organized Religion Has Fucked Up Black People For All Eternity

    According to Facebook, I’m a Rising Creator and Writer which is so amusing to me because all I do is put down the random thoughts that be swirling around in my discombobulated brain. As a Rising Creator, when I’m on Facebook, I read the comment section of various posts that are popular, and I’ve come…

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  • Black Mean Girls & Why They Are Beyond Trifling

    I have noticed that it has become very trendy to be a mean spirited, spiteful, bitchy woo Black woman and this blog will discuss the reasons why this is trending and why it a pitiful phenomenon. The advent of reality television shows such as “The Bad Girls Club” and the entire Love and Hip Hop…

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  • Social Construction of Race

    One of the least known facts about the concept of race is that that it is a socially constructed ideology. Race and subsequent racism was created by White Europeans and Americans in order to justify the enslavement of millions of people for profit and the stealing of lands inhabited by indigenous peoples. When people feel…

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  • An Ode to Rosemary

    Two weeks ago, a very special lady crossed over into eternity and her name was Rosemary. She was my first cousin and she was loved by many. As a child, she was the most glamorous woman in the world to me and she brought excitement with her presence whenever she showed up. She was this…

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  • The Art of Aging in a Culture That Worships Youth

    If the lord is willing and the creek don’t rise as the elders used to say, I will be 52 years old in November and what an amazing journey it has been. I have experienced so many trials and tribulations during my time on this planet. From childhood sexual abuse, domestic abuse, poverty, loss of…

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