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Hattie Kelly, president of Texas Publishers Association died Wednesday.

Services for Minister Hattie Kelly are as follows: Wake: Friday, October 13, 2017

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The Johnson Family minus Frederick II at the Coronation Ball.

Michelle Marva, Miss FAMU 2017-18 with sister Erika Nicole, Miss University Housing 2017-18.

Over the years there has been a lot of celebrating during Homecoming at Florida A&M University.

Frederick Johnson and Vivian Bradley, both hailing from Lake City, Fl have deep FAMU roots and both excelled in the School of Business and Industry and the School of Pharmacy, respectively.

In 1981, Vivian served as Miss FAMU. After graduation from FAMU, she received her doctorate degree

in Pharmacy and currently serves as Vice President for Parkland System in Dallas.

In addition to a Bachelors degree from FAMU, Frederick II has an MBA from FAMU and a MFA from Florida State University.

The Johnsons have made the D/FW Metroplex their home Frederick Johnson II since the 1980s It’s Homecomand raised ing 2017 and three children. Frederick once again a member of the II served as Mr. FAMU in Johnson family takes center 2011 and you might have stage as middle child, Miseen him on the last season chelle Marva was crowned of The Bachelorette with Miss FAMU and she was Rachel Lindsey. introduced at the Home-

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coming convocation by her big brother.

She is a business administration and theater major.

Both Miss FAMUs were initiated into the Beta Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Frederick Sr. just celebrated his 40th anniversary as a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The Johnsons have a third child who is in her freshman year at FAMU. What a legacy!

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Celebrating the life of Mr. Dick Gregory

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This event was organized by longtime friend of Dick Gregory, Cheryl Smith, and #teamdickgregory; brought together local artists, comedians, community leaders and many others on Sunday, October 8 at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Inc. to celebrate the life of this legendary man who frequently visited and meant so much to Dallas-Fort Worth.

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October 13

Gerald & Selina Albright October 13, 8PM (Friday show added) October 14, 7PM & 9:45PM (limited seats) Complimentary cocktails with the artist~Valet Parking Available~ Bishop Arts Theatre Center 215 S. Tyler Street Dallas, TX 75208

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For more info or to purchase a table or tickets to the 2017 Heels 2 Heal 5th Annual Gala visit www.womencalledmoses.org

All activities will take place on the church campus at 5710 E. R.L. Thornton Freeway. Conference registration is $50.

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More information is available on the church website, www.stlukesscwm.org, or by calling the church at (214) 821-2970.

The 43rd Annual Harambee UNITY Festival 10 am - 5 pm 2922 MLK Jr. Blvd., Dallas TX 75215 “Remember the Past to Secure the Future

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October 29, 2017

Hope for Healing, A Worship Arts Concert to Benefit Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Fund, at 3 pm, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017 @ St. Luke Community United Methodist Church, 5710 East R.L Thornton Frwy., Dallas. Presented by St. Luke and the Black Methodist for Church Renewal. Guests include Joseph Toliver, Andrea Wallace and the State Fair Unity Choir.

For more information, contact Minister Monya Logan, 214.887.3902, mlogan@slcumc.org.

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October 19 The Dallas Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. will host the 2017 National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Biennial National Leadership Conference (NLC) at the Inter-Continental Dallas Hotel located at 15201 Dallas Parkway, Addison, TX 75001 on October 19-22, 2017. Theme: “NPHC: One CommUNITY in Action #NPHCStrongerTogether”

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Youth Education Success (YES!) Summit Public · Hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Xi Theta Omega Chapterat 8:30 AM - 1:30 PM The University of Texas at Arlington 701 S Nedderman Dr, Arlington, Texas 76019

October 22

2017 Women Called Moses Heels 2 Heal 5th Annual Gala Event will have national recording artist Michel’le as this year’s special guest who will share her amazing story of how she overcame, domestic violence. Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 7:00pm at The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens in Dallas, Texas.

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Klassic 80’s - A Night to Remember Gilley’s Dallas 8:00pm 9:00pm Here we go with the 80’s! Join the members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Omicron Mu Omega Chapter as we partner with the Legacy of Service Foundation to host the “Klassic 80’s – A Night to Remember”. Pull out your elegant and flashy 80’s attire, fluff up your hair, and come ready to party!

ST. LUKE “COMMUNITY” UNITED METHODIST CHURCH TO SPONSOR “BE BETTER” WOMEN’S CONFERENCE NOV. 3-5 The Sisters Serving Christ Women’s Ministries of St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church invite women from across the Metroplex to the church’s 2017 “Be Better” Women’s Conference, Friday through Sunday, November 3-5, 2017. The conference will feature workshops and speakers sharing guidance and strategies women can use to improve themselves personally, financially, and in the areas of health, spirituality and relationships.

Conference activities will focus on the theme, “Empowering Women to Pass Life’s Tests.” The event will begin with a women’s choir concert Friday, Nov. 3, followed by multiple workshops, panel discussions, a luncheon and worship services on Saturday and Sunday. Presenters will include women pastors and church lay leaders from St. Luke and other area congregations.

November 3-4, 2017 “Empowering Women to Pass Life’s Tests” Be Better Women’s Conference at St. Luke “Community” United Methodist Church, 5710 East R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas. The 2017 Be Better Women’s Conference provides strategies for women to become better people holistically by exploring your true self, discovering healthy living, and striving for better relationships with others. Each attendee is encouraged to commit to becoming a better person by empowering women to continually pass life’s tests.

Friday, Nov. 3 Be Better Women Concert Honoring St. Luke Clergy Women, 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 4 Be Better Women Workshop Sessions starting at 8 am for information on how to register, visit www.stlukesscwm.org

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Stork’s Nest Charity Fund of Dallas presents 12th Annual Taste of Blue 7:00pm to 11:00pm Gemstone Banquet Hall @ Park Plaza Towers - 9th floor 13111 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75243 Pre-Sale - Purchased before 11/8 11:59pm $40 Limited Tastings (Souvenir Wine Glass to first 100 tickets purchased) $60 Unlimited Tastings & Souvenir Wine Glass At-the-Door - Purchased after 11/8 and at the door on the day of the event $50 Limited Tastings $70 Unlimited Tastings & Souvenir Wine Glass

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Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson presents the 2nd Annual Senior Living Conference “Healthy Choices for Healthy Living” When: Monday, November 20, 2017 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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A Question of Faith

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By Vincent L. Hall

Seasoned news-anchor Anderson Cooper and the premier mega-cable conglomerate CNN, hosted a one hour, no-commercial “Cry-a-Thon.” Anderson; and I feel like I’m on a first name basis with him, confronted a decade’s long, national illness. In the early 1960’s Dr. Martin Luther King decried that he problem with the Negro was that he had a 10 day memory. Wait ten days and you could violate him again with impunity. Sadly, that can be said of most Americans.

Anderson conducted a brief bio/vacuum sealed vitae on all 58 murder victims of the Las Vegas Massacre.

It gave so much dignity and weight to the lives that were stolen. Our repetitive, ritualistic, 24 news cycle along with our inability to entertain thoughts more than ten days old, made this 60 minute cortege an honorable heirloom for the families, loved ones and for those who see humanity through the prism of unity.

There was a light-hearty looking fisherman from Alaska and an abundance of educators. There was a “Hulk-Like” brother who served in the armed services before he died serving the Las Vegas police department. No one can say with any surety what the gunman was aiming for, but if he was looking to eliminate some of God’s best, he seemed to hit his

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target. The old adage prophesied that the good would die young, but it was made manifest in the mangled mendacity of one madman.

These victims/angels left behind sons, daughters, parents, spouses, relatives and the people they left behind ranged in ages from six months to six years short of 100 best I could tell.

No one could be surprised that a guy 6 foot 6 inches tall was among those murdered. But how did this sharpshooter just happen to kill so many people who were the love of someone’s life;

tude, aspirations, resolve or regard and decide in mere seconds whose worth keeping and who should be killed automatically or semi-automatically?

Watching a father visibly torn by the loss of his daughter, made me consider what I would do had it been one of my three. Parenthetically, every father mentally plots and plans a path of vengeance for any man who might hurt his child. What do you do when the person who violated your child chooses suicide rather than face those who are left behind?

The billboard/bumper sticker tagline; “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” has been shot. (Pun intended) That multi-million dollar catchphrase lost all value as a marketing tool. What happened in Vegas this night went viral and the only secret left is motive.

“We don’t know much about this killer, but what he left behind was much more than he could’ve ever given. “58 people, 58 lives lost 58 people worth knowing. Their lives enriched us all just as their loss diminishes us all.”

Anderson Cooper and CNN, in this impromptu, uniquely crafted documentary brought its viewers to tears. It’s always hard to look forward when forced to consider what was left behind.

the apple of someone’s eye? How do you shoot volleys that wipe out budding relationships? Riddle me that.

Tens of thousands more innocents were made victims by virtue of being left behind. The instant victims included the veteran of a war in Afghanistan, a stay-at-home/ homeschooling mom.

There was a car mechanic with a bent toward being that Samaritan whose chose vocation was to save anyone Meanwhile; Ten days later… stranded on the Damascus Road.

When you look through a rifle scope Vincent L. Hall is an author, from the 32nd floor of a hotel, can you activist and award-winning colactually see someone’s love, life, atti- umnist.

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2017 HBCU Alabama State University Visitor: Miles College Location: ASU Stadium, Montgomery, AL Date: Nov. 24, 2017 | 3 PM Albany State University Visitor: Morehouse College Location: Albany State University Coliseum, Albany, GA Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Alcorn State University Visitor: Prairie View A&M University Location: Spinks-Casem Stadium, Lorman, MS Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Benedict College Visitor: Clark Atlanta University Location: Charlie W. Johnson Stadium, Columbia, SC Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Bethune-Cookman University Visitor: Hampton University Location: Municipal Stadium, Daytona Beach, FL Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 4 PM Bowie State University Visitor: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania Location: Bulldog Football Stadium, Bowie, MD Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1 PM Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Visitor: Alabama State University Location: O’Shields Stevenson Stadium, Cheyney, PA Date: Nov. 23, 2017 | 3 PM Clark Atlanta University Visitor: Albany State University Location: CAU Panther Stadium, Atlanta, GA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2 PM Delaware State University Visitor: Howard University Location: Alumni Stadium, Dover, DE Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2 PM Edward Waters College Visitor: Warner University Location: Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, FL Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 4 PM Elizabeth City State University Visitor: Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Location: Roebuck Stadium, Elizabeth City, NC Date:Oct. 14, 2017 | 1:30 PM Fayetteville State University Visitor: Saint Augustine’s University Location: Luther Nick Jerald’s Stadium, Fayetteville, NC Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Florida A&M University Visitor: North Carolina A&T State University Location: Bragg Memorial Stadium, Tallahas-

see, FL Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 3:00 PM

Fort Valley State University Visitor: Morehouse College Location: Wildcat Stadium, Fort Valley, GA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Grambling State University Visitor: Texas Southern University Location: Robinson Stadium, Grambling, LA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM Hampton University Visitor: Florida A&M University Location: Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, VA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Howard University Visitor: Morgan State University Location: William H. Greene Stadium, Washington, DC Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | TBA Jackson State University Visitor: Alabama State University Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium, Jackson, MS Date: Nov. 4, 2017 | 2:00 PM Johnson C. Smith University Visitor: Shaw University Location: Irwin Belk Complex, Charlotte, NC Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1:00 PM Kentucky State University Visitor: Tuskegee University Location: Alumni Stadium, Frankfort, KY Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1:30 PM Langston University Visitor: Arizona Christian Location: W.E. Anderson Stadium, Langston, OK Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM Lincoln University (Missouri) Visitor: Truman State Location: Dwight T. Reed Stadium, Jefferson City, MO Date: Sep 23, 2017 | 2:00 PM Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) Visitor: Virginia State University Location: LU Football Stadium, Lincoln University, PA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 1:00 PM Livingstone College Visitor: Fayetteville State University Location: Alumni Memorial Football Stadium, Salisbury, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:30 PM

Visitor: Benedict College Location: B.T. Harvey Stadium, Atlanta, GA Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Visitor: Bowie State University Location: Rogers Stadium, Ettrick, VA Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Morgan State University Visitor: Savannah State University Location: Hughes Stadium, Baltimore, MD Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Virginia Union University Visitor: Elizabeth City State University Location: Hovey Field, Richmond, VA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Norfolk State University Visitor: Savannah State University Location: William “Dick” Price Stadium, Norfolk, VA Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM

West Virginia State University Visitor: Glenville State College Location: Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium, Institute, WV Date: Sept. 30, 2017 | 1:30 PM

North Carolina A&T State University Visitor: Florida A&M University Location: Aggie Stadium, Greensboro, NC Date: Oct. 29, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Winston Salem State University Visitor: Shaw University Location: Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:30 PM

North Carolina Central University Visitor: Delaware State University Location: O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium, Durham, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM

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Paul Quinn College Dallas, TX November 4, 2017 Prairie View A&M University Visitor: Bacone College Location: Panther Stadium, Prairie View, TX Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 2:00 PM Saint Augustine’s University Visitor: Johnson C. Smith University Location: George Williams Athletic Complex, Raleigh, NC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:00 PM Shaw University Visitor: Saint Augustine’s Location: Durham County Stadium, Durham, NC Date: Nov. 4, 2017 | 12:00 PM South Carolina State University Visitor: Howard University Location: Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, Orangeburg, SC Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:30 PM Tennessee State University Visitor: Austin Peay State University Location: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 7:00 PM Texas Southern University Visitor: Alabama State University Location: BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, TX Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Miles College Visitor: Kentucky State University Location: Sloan-Alumni Stadium, Fairfield, AL Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:00 PM

Tuskegee University Visitor: Central State University Location: Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium, Tuskegee, AL Date: Oct. 28, 2017 | 1:00 PM

Mississippi Valley State University Visitor: Virginia University of Lynchburg Location: Rice–Totten Stadium, Itta Bena, MS Date: Oct. 21, 2017 | 2:00 PM

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Visitor: Central State University Location: Golden Lion Stadium, Pine Bluff, AR Date: Oct. 14, 2017 | 2:30 PM

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I Messenger Director's Choice taps Social Media Feedback in Work by New Artistic Director Bridget L. Moore Dallas, TX - Social media takes a role in the development of a world premiere by Dallas Black Dance Theatre's (DBDT) new Artistic Director Bridget L. Moore during the Director's Choice series. Other works in this series depict conquering emotional ghosts and enduring emotional storms. Presented by Texas Instruments, the Director's Choice series will be held Nov. 3, 2017 through Nov. 5, 2017 at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora Street, Dallas, TX. Moore is expanding the duet Uncharted Territory that received rave reviews last season, into the full company work Uncharted Territory: Body of Evidence. "I am using social media to gain cultural perspectives and will document how it informs my choreographic choices. I want to use social media because it is accessible and I think it is a great tool to share experiences," says Bridget L. Moore.

Uncharted Territory has been selected as a recipient of a grant from the TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund.

Texas Instruments has supported Director's Choice as the presenting sponsor for almost a decade. "Dallas Black Dance Theatre makes world class performing arts accessible to North Texas residents and visitors," said Andy Smith, director of corporate philanthropy at Texas Instruments. "TI is proud to support the innovative Director's Choice series each year."

Choreographer Andy Noble describes his work Tower as an athletic, contemporary, rain dance, complete with 22 dancers on stage formulating a brewing storm. The musical backdrop is "Weather One" by Michael Gordon. Noble, the co-artistic director of NobleMotion Dance, is from Houston and survived Hurricane Harvey.

Juel D. Lane both choreographed How to Kill a Ghost and wrote the lyrics to original music

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Dallas Examiner, KZMJ Majic 94.5, The Dallas Post Tribune, Elite News, AT&T Performing Arts Center and Arts+Culture.

In Monophonic, Rebecca Troyak creates a duet reflecting the relationship between dance partners. The contemporary dance is a high cardio work set to Opera music. Troyak is a Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts alum.

About Dallas Black Dance Theatre Founded in 1976 by Ann Williams, Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) is the 10th largest minority arts organization in America, the fourth largest black dance company in the nation and the oldest continuously operating professional dance company in the city of Dallas.

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The mission of Dallas Black Dance Theatre is to create and produce contemporary modern dance at its highest level of artistic excellence through performances and educational programs that bridge cultures and reach diverse communities. In its 41-year history, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, the nationally and internationally recognized modern dance company, has performed on five continents, in 15 countries and 31 states, including two Olympic Cultural events. During that time, more than 4 million arts patrons and 2.6 million students, grades K-12, have experienced the dance company's performances and educational outreach programs.

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Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre 2400 Flora Street, Dallas, TX. Nov. 5, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

Dee and Charles Wyy Theatre 2400 Flora Street, Dallas, TX. TICKETS Performance ticket prices range from $22 $58.

For single tickets visit www.attpac.org or call 214-880-0202.

Group tickets are available by calling 214-8712390.

For more information, contact 214-871-2390 or www.dbdt.com 2017 - 2018 | Performance Sponsors Presented by Texas Instruments Choreography Sponsor: TACA Donna Wilhelm Family New Works Fund 2017-2018 | Season Sponsors Legacy Sponsor: Simmons Sisters Fund of The Dallas Foundation Season Sponsors: Office of Cultural Affairs - City of Dallas, Texas Instruments, NBC 5, I Messenger, Yellow Cab, The Downtown Business News, TACA, PaperCity, American Airlines, The Industry Consultants, The Dallas Weekly and DART. 2017 - 2018 | Season Supporters Season Supporters: NorthPark Center, Texas Commission on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Lexus, OverseeMyIT, The

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I Messenger Community Position on First Amendment Right Violation by Cowboys’ Owner Jerry Jones

We cannot sit idly by and allow this level of oppression and the subjection of rights go unchallenged in this community Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III and several other ecumenical and community leaders will release their statement Pastor Frederick D. Haynes III and position relative to the recent controversies surrounding blackballed NFL Quarterback, Colin Kaepernick and his heroic stance against racism, police violence, inequality and a litany of social maladies that continue to plague minority communities.

Dr. Haynes, Friendship West Baptist Church, Dr. Marcus King, Disciple Central Community Church, Minister Dominique Alexander, Next Generation Action Network, clergy and community activists are holding a Press Conference at the Dallas Police Department – Jack Evans Headquarters 1400 S. Lamar Street on Monday, October 16, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. We are publicly speaking out for the following reasons: 1. We stand with players who exercise their First Amendment Rights.

2. We stand with Colin Kaepernick’s protest against police brutality – we must keep the narrative around the knee being a protest for justice and not a sign of disrespect - the reasoning Kaepernick kneeled has been hijacked.

3. Jerry Jones has hindered the players’ right to protest police brutality and any other future protest against injustice. This can’t go unaddressed by the community.

4. We feel it is important to speak out in light of the fact that the NFL, NFL Owners and the NFLPA will be meeting in New York to discuss what is taken place in the league.

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My Husband is Having an Affair

Ask Alma:

Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@gmail.com.

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Dear Alma, I really enjoy your column and I could really use some advice. I’ll try to keep this short. I had a longterm relationship and we broke up and he moved to a new state. After three year,s we started talking again on Facebook and then one thing led to another and we got back together. We were still having problems and we broke up again. Within a year he married someone else. I was heartbroken and couldn’t believe he married somebody else after all that we had. Fast forward, it’s been five years and I have not been in another relationship like the one we

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had. He and I started talking again, we met up and everything fell back into place. Instead of leaving his wife and kids he decided we all should be together and his wife agreed. Things have been cool for the last 8 months. I recently found out I was pregnant and I’m so happy and so is he. She, on the other hand, seems to be treating me differently. We are not jelling the way we were and I don’t understand. I was thinking maybe I should move out, what do you think?

Perplexed Sister-wife Dear Sister-wife, I think somebody’s gotta tell you, so, it might as well be me— your boyfriend’s wife doesn’t like you; she never has, but she’s in “crazy” love with her husband.

Unless I’ve been hit by a midnight train to Georgia and forgot about it, I can’t think of one woman, who willingly wants to share her husband. That doesn’t mean she won’t do it, just trust me when I say, that wouldn’t be her first op-

tion. Nope, girl, a “clear headed, got it going on, ain’t got no time for foolishness” woman requires her man to love her with his whole heart, but that’s not what we have here.

Don’t get me wrong, if an open marriage is what you seek, more power to you, but that’s not what you’re talking about. You and he had a long-term “on-again, offagain” relationship, that didn’t work. In my book, that makes this something else.

Your threesome has just become one too many, so I’d suggest you sleep with one eye open. If Mrs. #1, (um, that’s right) isn’t as happy as you are about the pregnancy, clearly, she will soon bring this train ride to an end. The question is, will she ask you to transfer or make it your last stop. Then again, if she decides to disembark, hold off on your happy dance, ‘cause, to be truthful, you’ll never be enough woman for that man. He is

using you and he is using her. One or both of you need to be sick and tired of being sick and tired—and shared.

My advice, move out of her house to your own place and make your baby a priority. There are no if, ands or buts about it. Sometimes it’s difficult to love ourselves the way we ought but mothers can love their children better than they love themselves, you’ll see. That, my dear, needs to become your new problem. As a matter of fact, you and I need a telephone call, email me your number.

Meanwhile, I hope you realize you’re sleeping with the frenemy and you don’t even know it. Recognize and identify your worth, grab ahold of it. Your sweet new baby needs you to “woman up.”

Kick that brainwashing, cheating, deceiving holder of your heart to the curb. He’s used up enough of your time.

Alma

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