SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  Two months ago, I made a serious mistake. I drank too much at a party one night and ended up sleeping with an aggressive co-worker who had been after me for months.  Immediately, after it happened I regretted it, because I knew she liked me and I didn’t like her […]

How Good Is Your Life? Take Our Quiz And Find Out! by Bonita Bennett If someone took a camera and followed you around all day snapping pictures of you in action without you knowing…what would it reveal?    Are you living your best life? Are you a mouse or a lion? Is your joy obvious…or is […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  While at home recuperating from a car accident with a broken leg, my neighbor who is single, attractive, and very friendly, knocked on my door with a beautifully prepared dinner on a tray. I gladly accepted and was very grateful.  The next day, I sent her flowers to express my […]

How Not To Be A Victim by B.L. Peters Several months ago, I escaped being raped, and here’s how.  It was ten o’clock at night and gloomy as I parked my car and began walking to my apartment complex.  Suddenly out of nowhere, a very well-dressed man appeared at my side.  I looked up startled and […]

Befuddled: One Ring … Two Women One Man’s Story… by Carl Gitland It had been a tiring drive from the airport to my apartment because I had allowed non-stop thinking to completely exhaust me mentally.  I had a problem and the need to solve it was pressing heavily on my mind.  Angela, the woman beside […]

SingleScenes by Sarah Smart Q.  I’ve been dating a guy for five months, who has never tried to kiss me or attempt to spend the night. However, he always invites me to go to the movies, and various other events, where a companion is appropriate.  I really like him, but I don’t think he’s interested […]

The Anatomy Of A Blind Date by Dani Stone George thought blind dates were for people who couldn’t attract others on their own.  As a kid growing up, he’d had an aunt who was rather plain, whom everyone in his family was always trying to fix up with a blind date.  Therefore, when his friend […]

The Dating Chronicles The Stranger In 503 Carla had been hearing about the new patient in 503 all morning.  He was some big shot from out of town, who’d experienced a gastritis attack in a restaurant the night before.  The floor was abuzz concerning his status and his outstanding good looks.  Though his room was […]

What To Do When You Make More Than Him… by Elsa K. Simcik Here’s the scene: A woman’s spending way too much time around the cheese tray at her neighbor’s drab get-together when suddenly, a tall, slightly handsome guy approaches.  After about 30 seconds of swapping stories about how they each know Trish (host of […]

Health What You Should Know About Your Body? by Dr. Constance Borglow Breast Cancer Awareness is something we can never get too much information on because it’s a disease that is running rampant through our communities.  Breast cancer among African-American women is on the rise and is deadlier than ever.  Studies show that this disease […]