I am not a scary person, nor do I live in fear, however, let me go on the record with...
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A Blog by Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson

“Keep shinin’!”
– Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson
Let’s be Sweet for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day this year is special—I’ve been somebody’s mother for 49 years and three days, and I still have my...
Read More...We Should Celebrate April and Salute World Press Day
I love April for a million reasons—the showers bring May flowers, spring gets sprung, it’s time to put the pantyhose...
Read More...Keeping Our Weeks Holy is a Full-Time Job
For Christians, Holy Week, the seven days before Easter, is a time for serious reflection, contemplation, for being still, and...
Read More...Right or Wrong, Will Smith’s Performance was Unforgettable
Every time I think I know what I’m thinking about the now infamous Oscar slap last week, something else comes...
Read More...If We’re Looking for Qualified, Judge Jackson’s the One
Qualified. In the dictionary it comes before quality and after quaint, and for the past few days, it has come...
Read More...When It Comes To Ukraine, We Must Do Something…
Facts, photos, and figures are powerful, no matter their source or intent, and over the past weeks the images and...
Read More...Condemning HBCU Bomb Threats Shows Congress at Its Best
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress came together this week to condemn the recent rash of bomb...
Read More...Women’s History Month Is Perfect Time To Appreciate, Emulate, & Donate
March is Women’s History Month and unless you are like Mork, the television alien from Ork, a planet where children...
Read More...Put A Little Love In Your Heart And The World Really Will Be A Better Place
February is Heart Month and if there’s anything that deserves recognition, it’s this little heart-shaped miracle beating inside our chests....
Read More...Black History Month Is Perfect Time To Learn, Honor And Appreciate
From my earliest remembrances, with cutout figures on my elementary school bulletin board, February was Black History Month. I loved...
Read More...February Is Rocky, But Nice And Short
February has gotten off to a dizzying start and I’m struggling to keep up. Between politics, COVID, ice storms, tornadoes,...
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