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Posted on July 4, 2022 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

When It Rains At the Cookout

As a former New Yorker residing in Birmingham, Alabama for the last 26 years, it is still an […]

Posted on July 3, 2022 (July 3, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

Learning to be content is a consistent practice. It is so easy to become anxious when our circumstances […]

Posted on July 2, 2022 (July 2, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

When did guns become celebratory firecrackers during the holidays? Forget “for a friend,” I’m asking for me! Sadly, […]

Posted on July 1, 2022 (July 1, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

Welcome to The Wordz Blog Relaunch with me, the one and only LaShanna R. Tripp! Email […]

Posted on January 18, 2021 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

As a nation stands on the cusp awaiting change, there’s a tension in the air that can be […]

Posted on December 24, 2020 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

There’s a lesson to be learned from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. After President […]

Posted on August 22, 2020 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

So, just when your mountain seems too high And your valley falls too low Just when your tears, […]

Posted on July 3, 2020 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

In the world’s madness, lies a battle within the minds of all African-Americans that no one can comprehend. […]

Posted on June 16, 2020 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

A Letter to Satan By LaShanna R. Tripp Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without […]

Posted on June 8, 2020 (July 4, 2022) by LaShanna R. Tripp

If We Must to War… *In the wake of George Floyd’s murder while in police custody on Memorial […]