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Yecheilyah’s Book Reviews – The Salt from Their Tears by Andre Simmons
Title: The Salt from Their Tears Author: Andre Simmons Publisher: Bookbaby Genre: Memoir, Family & Relationships, Mental Health Pages: 273 Born on the South Side of Chicago in the mid-1960s, Andre “Dre” Simmons takes us through the many traumatic events he experienced growing up in the Cabrini Green projects. For those of you who know… Continue reading
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A Poem is Born
Not all poems are conceived in light Some of them are buried in darkness Surrounded by dirt and soil gritted teeth and clenched fists. Sometimes the lyric is a resurrection of rage a fire that is only quenched through spilled ink on blank pages. Sometimes poems are tears because not all compositions are conceived in… Continue reading
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Therapy
No one can tell me that writing is not therapy. Continue reading
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Something Genuine
The door to the patio is open, and the screen door shields me from the insects that I may enjoy the brisk caress of the wind on my skin. And as I inhale the fresh taste of the evening air, enjoying the end of a peaceful day, I think about the genuine that often come from… Continue reading
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For Those Who Are Sick
If you want to follow this blog, I warn you. We are emotional, here. We are sometimes frustrated, tired, and some of us are beaten and broken; looking for words that will bring calm to storms that have not passed yet. For the messiah himself was sent to those who were sick. Some of us… Continue reading
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Building Mental Strength
For many of us we hear a lot, and some of us even speak a lot, about change and revolution and encouragement and just overall maintaining a quality of life we have come to understand as a positive one. This is the reason many of us have decided to blog. We post motivating quotes, speak about our struggles, triumphs and overall how we maintain the daily grind. In return some of us hope to receive insight while others hope to spread it. It is the reason for life coaches and therapy sessions. We do these things to improve or to heal so that we can go on to implement those very important changes and become overall better people. One thing however that sticks… Continue reading
