Trisha Martin's Page

Fed up with the child support system and her ex-husband’s invisible presence in her children’s lives, divorced mother of four, Trisha Martin decided to take matters into her own hands. Martin, who has been raising her children for the past seven years without the help of her ex-husband, was sick and tired of being sick and tired. “I quit my full-time job o… Continue

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The thing I wanted most in life
turned out to be a great big lie
it tricked me with its promises
now I don't have the will to live
this thing that's supposed to be filled with joy
even made me give birth to a little boy
it's sort of like an addicting drug
its hold on me I cannot shrug
it makes you go through hurt and pain
your mind's screwed up, you've gone insane
you know you should go, but it makes you stay
knowing all along, your poor heart will pay
many things are done i… Continue

When I was a child, I remember one of my favorite songs was, If It Don’t Fit, Don’t Force It, by Kellee Patterson. That song came out in 1978 and I could not have known what they were talking about at such an early age because if I had, years later, I would not have stayed in my marriage as long as I had. Actually, I don’t even know if I would have gotten married at all to the man that fathered my three boys. I mean really, in the three years before we even tied the knot, I had gone through an o… Continue

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I know I can, I know I can, I know I can. Yes, I can, yes I can, yes I can. Sounds good don’t it? Well I’ve been thinking these and saying these positive chants forever and guess what, no I haven’t, no I can’t, no I didn’t. Not if it was dependent on others. I hope I’m not coming off sounding like a bitter Betty because I’m not. I’m just stressing the fact that despite all of my efforts and self encouragement, I still haven’t.

Yeah, I’ve made some sm… Continue

As Election Day crawls forward and the strong possibility of America’s first African American president is almost a reality, I can just imagine Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. saying to himself, “now that’s what I’m talking about.” In these here United States, why hasn’t there ever been a person of color leading a nation as multi-colored as we are? I mean, really, think about it, is the Caucasian race the only race that can lead? Why haven’t more people of color even tried to run, was it because the… Continue