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DEPARTMENTS 1 FOUNDERS LETTERS 3 THRIVE CREW 35 BOOK CLUB 36 CLASSIFIEDS
6 DEDICATION & MOMMA
TEARS by Barbara Ann Willis
9 GROWING UP WITH A SINGLE MOM by Charity W
10 THE FEARLESS FOURSOME by Dr. M. E. Porter
13 A MOTHER’ S LOVE by June Marie Smith
14 QUEEN MOTHER by Justice Davis
15 HAPPY MOTHER’ S DAY
MOMMY by Keah D. Talley
17 WHAT MOM GAVE ME by LeaAnn Fuller
20 FAILING IS NOT AN OPTION by Redina Thomas
22 HONORING MS. LOLANDA WINSTEAD GREEN by Wallace Winstead
24 SINGLE MOM SPOTLIGHT: LAKESHA MARIE
28 STYLIZED THRIVE by J. Nicolle
On the Cover: A Mother’ s Love for 3 Generations: Ms. Jennifer Pink with her mom, Patrice Carmichael-Jackson and daughter Miss JR Pink aka Jocelyn R. Davis
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