H.E.R. Crisis

Urban-E News: Crisis Adverted at Dekalb Elementary School

In case you haven’t heard about this incident but yesterday a crisis was adverted at a nearby Dekalb County Elementary School, Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy. A 20-year-old gunman entered the school with an AK-47 and proceeded to take hostages in the Administrative office. While barricaded in the office, he proceeded to shoot at…

[Mid-WYFE’s Motivation] Catch some positivity this week!

When I was younger, I looked mean all the time. I mean, just walking done the street I had on my daily “mean mug”, refusing to smile at the sun, earth and definitely not any person. It wasn’t because I was mad or disgruntled…it was just a face I made. I assumed that it was…

My First R2 Moment

So I have these moments all the time and keep them to myself but I figure hey jack maybe I should share it with everyone and let them get some moments off their chest. R2 moments are just Random Rant moments that just completely dumbfound you. Today’s moment: Does anyone want to drive during morning…

Welcome Urban EthYcs to the Mid-WYFE Crisis Fam!

As I’m gearing back up to get on my blog duties, I realized that there was an essential part of my life that I had yet to venture out and really address. The essential that makes me a black woman, wife, mother and friend. So I decided to start a blog dedicated to addressing those…

Welcome to Urban EthYcs

Hello beautiful, chaotic and amazing World! It’s me again, DNC, blogger of Mid-WYFE Crisis and other sister blogs (LYFE-STYLE Files and Mid-WYFE Chronicles). With this new blog I want to dive into conversations about African-American living: What does it mean, how do we think it is going and where should we be going. As militant…

[Mid-WYFE’s Monday Motivation] Don’t Miss Your Blessing by Being Ungrateful

Some days it may be easy to disregard, overlook, or even belittle the blessings in our lives. We complain about the job that is keeping a roof over our heads and food on our table. We get angry that those who love us decided to tell us what we don’t want to hear, but what…

[Mid-WYFE’s Motivation] Count and be blessed for your battle scars

The other morning I saw this quote come up on my Instagram and it inspired me to write a post. I’m not sure if I’m the only one but some days I just get tired of fighting. I get tired of fighting over crazy people at work, over family issues, over friend issues…just over anything….