4/09/15- Dear Tom, My cousin Lena is a proud Howard university alum who got her Ph.D. at Yale and is a professor of English and African American studies at the University of Iowa. She is also an author of 2 books: “Visualizing Blackness” and “Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man” – which she co-wrote with her […]
4/02/15- Dear Tom, My mom retired 19 years ago – she worked in patient care as a Respiratory Practitioner at the hospital – which is why the hardest thing she went through, was losing her son to a fatal asthma attack in 2008. He left his wife with 3 children, but my mom loves to […]
3/26/15- Dear Tom, My little sister is a single mom and an air force veteran who taught fitness and hand-to-hand combat. She suffered a head injury, which led to about 20 years of mini-migraines. Tiana got a degree in finance and went to work for the University of Miami as a junior development officer. Her […]
3/19/15- Dear Tom, After four years in the Army, my daughter returned home to Orlando where she joined the army reserve. Two days after she joined, 9/11 happened and she was deployed overseas, serving 4 years in the Iraqi war including a year in Kuwait. Gianna came back to pursue her college degree under the […]
3/12/15- Dear Tom, My daughter is a proud member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, she is also an entrepreneur of a mini-mart and a small boutique; and is an intern at one of Philly’s top law firms. She also sponsors an annual coat drive for the elementary school that she used to attend, […]
3/05/15- Dear Tom, My mother is a good Christian woman who has always been there for my siblings and me. There’s my big brother Sean, my two older sisters – Anshella & Ranatta – and me (I’m the youngest). Together, we have blessed her with six grandchildren – 2 boys and 4 girls. She […]
2/26/15- Dear Tom, I met my wife in Hawaii – I was stationed in Oahi working logistics at the Schofield barracks army base. She, too, was in the army and i noticed her passing by. I had to stop & pull down my aviators in slow motion – just like in the movies – because […]
Dear Tom, 2/19/15- My mom recently retired from the university of Texas Anderson cancer center after 30 years of service. She is always there for whoever needs her, even if it means putting her own agenda aside. After raising me & sending me off to college, my mom took in her god-daughter Raye Jean […]
2/12/15- Dear Tom, Pamela Ewing is a single mom who has made my life better for 34 years. Over the years, I have come to understand my mom beyond her expert but stern advice, her unwavering support of my interests as a young person and beyond, her deep well of giving to me, her […]
2/05/15- Dear Tom, My friend Jennifer’s husband died of cancer in October of 2010. She was having a get together at her home, talking to her little brother about marriage and she said she was looking for a good man. That’s when he told her, “I got one for you.” They walk into the […]
Dear Tom, 1/29/15- I would like to nominate my mother- Patricia “Tee” Martin. I think my mom is deserving of being your featured mom. My other works in the field of social services and is less than 5 years away from retirement. Her field allows her to help others and she definitely does this […]
1/22/15- Dear Tom, I represent the West Coast and I listen to the TJMS on the app in Los Angeles. Most of my family is here in LA where my daughter was born and raised. When she was 21, she got married and the doctors said she could never have children. She moved to Little […]
