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By Terry Allen I hope Lucille “Big Mama” Allen is still proud of me because I am blessed for her lessons. She would be...
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By Terry Allen I hope Lucille “Big Mama” Allen is still proud of me because I am blessed for her lessons. She would be...
By Terry Allen Lucille “Big Mama” Allen would not garner much pushback as she sit on the front porch as the sunset and rewarded...
By Terry Allen My Skyline High school teacher, Mrs. Lane, said that a formal education came for the people who raised you and your...
By Terry Allen By Terry Allen We knew a lesson was about to come when Lucille “Big Mama” Allen stood in the doorway between...
We knew a lesson was about to come when Lucille “Big Mama” Allen stood in the doorway between the kitchen and the “big room”...
By Terry Allen Like Big Mama’s more than a notion, I know so many other mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts and black women who have...
Sometimes I think I channel the wisdom of my grandmother, Lucille “Big Mama” Allen so deeply that she is most likely smiling in heaven...
By Terry Allen I am amazed at how many times, even during tragedy, Big Mama said, “Baby it is going to be ok!” What...
By Terry Allen She never spoke badly of anyone at all, she always would take the high road no matter what was being said...
By Terry Allen Columnist “A bought lesson is better than a told one,” is a statement that my Big Mama uttered a lot during...