Do you remember those little nuggets of wisdom that your mom, grandmother or nurturer would quote to you that left you either with a greater understanding or just wondering why she just didnt speak English? Were you ever told? A dog that brings a bone will carry a bone You dont have to like them, but you do have to love them You have to crawl before you walk There are no mistakes, only learning experiences If you dont think you are cute, no one else will Thats the kind of person that will get you killed Stay in a childs place Did you scratch your head and wonder what it meant, but as you grew older and reflected on those nuggets, did you gain a better understanding of them? You may have even found yourself repeating them to your friends and inevitably to your own children. In this book, you will gain even more nuggets of wisdom to reflect on and to share. Come see what momma said! ADDED BONUS From the Pen of Diane You will also be refreshed as you read short messages that seek to share insight, encouragement and offer prayers of meditation. From Test to Testimony Reconstructed From the Inside Out Do You See What You Missed Through the Midst of It All You Are SMART The Thief Within The Lie of the Bondage Wait on the Promise It Time For a Praise Break Come discover the spiritual insights hidden within the pages of these messages!

Tumi Morake modelled her public persona on her mother, a charming and contentious woman who used her big, bold voice to say what others were afraid to utter. It's the personality that Tumi took on stage in the mostly male space of stand-up comedy, and the one that gave her the courage to join a white, Afrikaans radio station and comment about apartheid on air. But there's only so much you can find out about Tumi from the stage, the screen and the internet. And Then Mama Said ... is the voice of Tumi in private, as well as a behind-the-scenes perspective of a pioneering South African star who has been both deeply loved and viciously hated by her audiences. Tumi gets frank about the race row at Jacaranda FM; the Jaguar car accident that cyber bullies said she deserved; the body-shaming she endured on the set of Our Perfect Wedding; and her tumultuous relationship with her beloved husband. Throughout her story, she carries the voice of her mother, and with it the indispensable life lessons that made her who she is today.

Renowned playwright Osonye Tess Onwueme's powerful new drama illuminates the effect of national and global oil politics on the lives of impoverished rural Nigerians. What Mama Said is set in the metaphorical state of Sufferland, whose people are starving and routinely exploited and terrorized by corrupt government officials and multinational oil companies-that is, until a voice erupts and moves the wounded women and youths to rise up and demand justice. Onwueme's powerful characters and vibrant, emotionally charged scenes bring to life a turbulent movement for change and challenge to tradition. Aggrieved youths and militant women-whose husbands and sons work in the refineries or have been slaughtered in the violent struggle-take center stage to "drum" their pain in this drama about revolution. Determined to finally confront the multinational forces that have long humiliated them, Sufferland villagers burn down pipelines and kidnap an oil company director. Tensions peak, and activist leaders are put on trial before a global jury that can no longer ignore the situation. What Mama Said is a moving portrayal of the battle for human rights, dignity, compensation, and the right of a nation's people to control the resources of their own land.

Are you concerned about your relationship choices? Do you wonder why people behave the way they do in relationships? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of dysfunctional relationships? Do you need to change? Do you know how to change? Wonder why the cycle seems to go on and on? Does your past affect your relationships today? Have you suffered from Trauma and struggled with Fear? Maybe this is affecting your relationships.

All Vivienne wants to know is what happens to us if we commit suicide. Her life is a disaster and she needs real answers. Her grandparents and her father are all dead, but she cannot ask them. If only she could. They would tell her what to do. She already knows that her mother would tell her that she must be strong and that she can get through all this shit. Before she can decide, life takes her on a strange and otherworldly path. Maybe she can talk to the dead, but how will she know if that is real or that they are any wiser than her mother?

Momma set me on the jukebox. So begins the personal story of Denise (Sweetie) Wooten, set between a post-civil rights era New York City and a growing, but stale rural Alabama. We are thrust in the midst of a family longing for normalcy, but instead struggling with illness and all that comes with it; denial, anger and misunderstanding and love. As cultures clash, we see the family through a child s eyes and walk with her as she makes sense of war fought far away, but with effects close to home, and a tragedy that changes her life forever. More truth than not, Momma: Gone is a story of survival, where all the lessons are taught by the child who must eventually lead them through and a classic American story of overcoming life s misfortunes to find the bloom on the other side. -Shortlisted for a Doctorow Award in Innovative Fiction

The book is about how I accepted my brothers suicide, the relationship that we had while he lived, and how my faith in God got me through it.