Tag: Friends | Dr. Cynthia Bond Hopson

Try To Remember The Kind Of September

September 21, 2021 by Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson

Let’s be good neighbors, create great neighborhoods

“Try to remember the kind of September, when life was slow and oh so mellow…” lyrics by Harry Schmidt and Tom Jones

I am desperately trying to remember this kind of September but the images, like memories in the corners of my mind, are fading fast and sadly, they’re not being replaced by slow or mellow thoughts. The lyrics from this classic song came to me as I contemplated the remaining days of summer, the beginning of autumn, a rapidly changing landscape driven by chaos and pandemics, and the challenges we face in the waning days of one of my favorite months.

Friends Are Friends

May 27, 2021May 18, 2021 by Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson

Friends stand up for each other

Whenever someone begins a sentence with “Some of my best friends are Black,” or I don’t see color,” I move them quickly into a category that tells me if they define their friends by color or identifiers, they’re probably talking about acquaintances, not friends.

Make New Friends And Put A Little Love In Your Heart

February 15, 2021 by Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson

I admit I’m always looking for a reason to celebrate and National Make a Friend Day is a fine excuse. “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold,” is all I remember of the childhood song from Girl Scouts but during February, it is the perfect instruction for a richer life.

What Did 2019 Teach us

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 by Dr. Cynthia A. Bond Hopson

What did 2019 teach us and what did we learn?

As we speed swiftly toward year’s end, it will be important to pause, reflect, and bask in what we know and all we have learned this year. Trust me, you know more than you realize though sometimes we get so busy being busy that we don’t profit from our mistakes and/or apply what we learned to become our best selves.