Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Nov 21, 2009, 11:01 pm
Blessings to all on this Sunday! My Auntie sent me this in an e-mail and I thought I would share it. It’s been a while since I’ve participated in Sunday Inspirations…this is my way ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Nov 20, 2009, 11:15 pm
I don’t ever want to see this movie again. I can honestly say that the story was breathtaking and at times, hard to digest. It was difficult to see a secret that many of us know exists in homes...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Nov 19, 2009, 11:01 pm
Hello everyone! Happy Friday! I love a man who can sing. So when you put 4 of them together, I am in high heaven. Now…the question is, which one of these Boyz did I have the biggest crush on? ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Nov 18, 2009, 9:42 am
Back in 2001, a body of a young girl (about the age of 3 or 4) was discovered in Kansas City, Missouri. The baby had been murdered and decapitated, and this story dominated local newscasts for an unpr...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Nov 6, 2009, 1:39 pm
Hello OSFers! I apologize for not sending out the e-mail last night (yesterday)…even though we’ve been doing this for years, it slipped my mind completely! This week’s theme is Song...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Nov 4, 2009, 9:06 pm
This post was originally done last year. After seeing TV One’s Unsung over the weekend, I was moved to re-post it. You are either falling in or falling out of love when listening to a Donny Hat...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 30, 2009, 12:01 am
A smile is a fragile thing, you know? It can be fleeting, or it can last forever in your memory. There are things that I vividly remember that bring a smile to my face: the birth of my son, getting ma...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 28, 2009, 9:09 pm
So I was flipping back and forth between the NBA game (what the fuck, Cleveland?) and the BET “Anybody Can Be A Rapper” awards last night. I wanted to catch Jay’s performance (missed...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 28, 2009, 8:52 pm
I like to lose myself in a book. Especially when that book has characters that have depth and flaws and are not trying to be perfect. Every once in a while I read a book that makes me look at my life ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 21, 2009, 8:50 pm
I found this in my Stumbling… ©2009 Conversations With Marva. All Rights Reserved. .
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 20, 2009, 9:22 am
Most of you know that Mo’Nique has a talk show on BET. And from most of the comments I’ve read on Twitter and FaceBook, most of you happen to like the show, but take issue with all of her ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 19, 2009, 10:04 am
In my late night channel surfing, I came across the television show, Nip/Tuck. I’ve never seen the show before and thought that I would just pass it by this time, but a single line stopped me de...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 9, 2009, 1:01 pm
Hello everyone… Sorry I’m late…I’ve got some kind of sinus thing going on and it has put a damper on all of my activities. Let’s see…freshman year for me would ha...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 5, 2009, 4:20 pm
As most of you know, I am unemployed, which of course means that I have no health insurance. I am in fairly good health, but I take meds for my migraines that are about to run out in about 45 days. I&...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 3, 2009, 12:51 pm
You never know what a person has had to endure in their life. You never know what kind of childhood, or what kind of things they have seen in their lives that mold them into the person they are. The ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 2, 2009, 7:10 am
Happy Friday! When picking songs for this theme, I thought of what rings in my ears as I walk (as I’ve started to walk while my son is at football practice). Alas, most of the music that I list...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Oct 1, 2009, 7:58 pm
I didn’t get many responses from my email last week, so I’m giving everyone some additional time to respond. Please let me know if you are still participating by leaving me a note in the ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 30, 2009, 7:39 pm
I just want you to close your eyes and let Jennifer Hudson take you THERE: Peace… ©2009 Conversations With Marva. All Rights Reserved. .
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 29, 2009, 11:36 pm
I am going on a rant…bear with me… I received word this evening that the Young and The Restless has lost their ever loving mind! They are letting the crux of the show, the all knowing and...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 28, 2009, 12:17 am
The Boy is very affectionate for a teenager. He is always hugging and kissing me, sometimes to the point that I’m like, “Get off me!” Everyone told me that this part would go away, t...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 25, 2009, 12:01 am
Happy OSF! We had this conversation on Twitter a couple of days ago, and ever since then, this lady’s music has been in heavy rotation on my mp3 player. This is the music I usually put on when I...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 24, 2009, 3:49 am
I read this story and thought I would share. I don’t know who the author is, so if you’ve heard it before and know, leave me a word in the comments. In ancient times, a King had a boulder...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 23, 2009, 10:58 pm
Ion’t know about you…but I need a musical interlude: Peace… ©2009 Conversations With Marva. All Rights Reserved. .
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 22, 2009, 8:10 am
What is your passion? I ask this question to you as much as I ask it of myself. For so long, I believed that writing was my passion. Writing allows me to be free, it allows me to use that voice that ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 21, 2009, 8:30 am
I certainly didn’t mean to start off Monday like this…but bear with me a moment. Imagine yourself in this situation: You and your small child are walking into a restaurant to enjoy a meal...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 18, 2009, 12:01 am
We’ve made it to another Friday, y’all! Everybody do a little dance! The theme this week is Criminal Record…how difficult could that be? I was going to go with my boy, Pac, but thou...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 17, 2009, 10:41 pm
I feel like we need a musical intervention: Peace… ©2009 Conversations With Marva. All Rights Reserved. .
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 15, 2009, 7:40 am
It was expected, but that doesn’t dull the loss any. Death is hard, but knowing that Patrick Swayze is free from pain and resting now brings comfort. Set Me Free Don’t grieve for me, now ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 14, 2009, 8:35 pm
I plugged into the MTV VMAs at first just to see Janet Jackson. So after her performance (which, might I say, was absolutely phenomenal! There was a point at the end when she was doing her little R...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 11, 2009, 6:29 am
Well! Happy OSF! Today’s theme is “All About The Money”…let’s go! ©2009 Conversations With Marva. All Rights Reserved. .
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 10, 2009, 8:38 pm
This man…is a beast: ©2009 Conversations With Marva. All Rights Reserved. .
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 10, 2009, 7:09 am
The President’s speech last night? Excellent. This was the man that I voted for; he was authoritative and powerful in his words, and I got some (not all) of my questions answered. It is one of m...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 8, 2009, 6:46 am
The Obama Rally in KCMO I believe that I’ve told you that I live in a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. I love living here and have never felt like an outsider. It is a friendly, welcoming neigh...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 7, 2009, 8:21 pm
For me, there is no basketball player that will ever be greater than Michael Jordan. He is the sole reason that I fell in love with the game of basketball. I was 10 when North Carolina won the Nationa...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 6, 2009, 11:01 pm
After watching this movie last night, I sat here and pondered what I had just saw and how I felt about it. I still don’t quite know. I will say this though: usually after watching a film like t...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 5, 2009, 10:10 am
Hello folks! I’m bringing back The10Spot…so let’s just hop back into it, shall we? 10 – OSF So, no OSF for me yesterday. I was just incredibly tied up, and once I sat down to ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Sep 1, 2009, 11:50 pm
There is so much new music this week that I had to choose which one to post…that’s a first. My choice? Whitney Houston. Ah…Ms. Whitney. I am championing hard for Nippy…and I ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 28, 2009, 3:27 pm
Well peeps…happy Friday, first of all! Secondly, I’m terribly sorry I’m late…I haven’t slept in two days…for good reason; how am I supposed to with that critter in...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 27, 2009, 3:10 pm
“mmmooooOOOOOOMMMMM!” Uh-oh. That can’t be good. That is the mom cry that something is really wrong. As a mom, you get tuned into your child’s cries. There is the sarcastic cr...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 26, 2009, 9:07 pm
I don’t get to do this often, so I am cherishing this moment. I haven’t been to a concert since my exhilarating and life-changing experience with Ms. Jill Scott last year. I am picky…...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 25, 2009, 11:31 pm
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, “I used everything you gave me.” ~ Erma Bombeck ©...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 25, 2009, 8:18 am
First, an admission: I have only read one, maybe two, Eric Jerome Dickey novels prior to this one. And I didn’t like them. They just didn’t hold my attention like I feel a book should. I ...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 25, 2009, 7:36 am
It has been 8 years today. It may not be significant, because I do this at most things, but I still get weepy when I see Aaliyah in videos or hear her sweet voice come across on my mp3 player. I coul...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 24, 2009, 11:52 pm
I’m still so emotional about Michael Jackson’s passing. So when the news came today that his death was ruled a homicide, it took me back to that place that I visited on June 25. It was a p...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 21, 2009, 12:01 am
Happy OSF! Lord…I never liked Keith Sweat…but I have to admit that he had some jams back in the day. If I remember correctly, this song was the theme of our prom: 1989. ©2009 Conver...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 19, 2009, 7:30 am
“I think that people need to get out and do it more so that they get kind of conditioned to it.”¹ These are the words of the man, who wasn’t identified, who carried an assault rifl...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 18, 2009, 12:11 am
Per the Good Hair Production Notes: An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian tem...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 17, 2009, 6:44 pm
Now, I’m a television junkie. I will watch anything at least once, just to see if it is worth my time. With that said, I admit that I did not watch last season’s Real Housewives of Atlanta...
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Marva A. posted an article on Conversations with Marva - Aug 15, 2009, 11:52 am
I saw this cute little meme over at IW’s spot…I couldn’t resist! Instructions: Using only song titles from ONE ARTIST OR BAND, answer these questions. Pass it on to 12 people and in...
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