Community Speaks – May 2019
May 22, 2019 by Las Vegas Black Image Magazine
Filed under Community, Photos
What’s the best advice your mother ever gave you?
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Yesica Quiles My mother always says to me, “Love no matter what. No matter how ugly they may be inside, always love.”
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Wilma Easley Roberts Always make sure you have your own: your own money, house, car, and most of all, husband.
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Skye Dee Miles After my first heartbreak my mama, Carmen Jones, told me: “This too shall pass.” She was so right.
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Shelia Henderson Glenn I was raised by my grandmother. There were two things she would say that I will never forget. “Don’t care if you marry a gorilla — if you love him, I will love him too.” Also, she would say, “When you scream and yell, all the person remembers is the screaming and yelling.” She was straight with no chaser.
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Monica Y. Beasley “Love yourself first” … “Never sleep with a man unless you are willing to have his baby” … “Always have you own, start a business and don’t expect others to spoil you.” I’m blessed she’s still teaching me.
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Leon Bilbrew III Ms. Annise Bullock would tell me, “What you expect others to do is your greatest downfall.”
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LaVona Lewis “Lead with compassion baby girl. You never know just how much someone needs it,” said Joyce M. Leggett (RIP). I miss her so much.
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Ausby Slay The two things that my mother would tell be was, “Boy, if you stood in a circle of people and you all tossed your problems in the center, you would be the first one on your hands and knees taking yours back. She would also say: “When you’re ready to get married, remember to let your wife benefit from all the good you’ve learned along the way and not suffer the mistakes you’ve made. Be a bad boyfriend now, in order to be a good husband later.”
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Antrese Dickens Always present your truth and honesty. Be your authentic self, and it’s okay to wear your heart on your sleeve.”