Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: “YOU PUT YOUR FOOT IN IT” We Have to Prevent the Tragedies in our Communities from Buffalo to El Paso and Save Our Democracy I MessengerMay 27, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: GIVE PEOPLE THEIR ROSES WHILE THEY CAN SMELL THEM! THANK YOU FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED MARY S. MCFALL! By Terry Allen I don’t think I will get much disagreement when I pull this “Big Mama” rule out of her Play-book. On the... I MessengerMay 13, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: DON’T MAKE A BED YOU DO NOT WANT TO LAY IN WILL WE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE DISRUPTORS FROM THE JANUARY 6, THE TEXAS BORDER AND UKRAINE? I MessengerApril 29, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: THE LONGEST JOURNEY IS FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR HEART. KELVIN JOSEPH AND OTHERS – WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? By Terry Allen Every Sunday evening, we knew a lesson was about to come when Lucille “Big Mama” Allen sat on the back porch... I MessengerApril 22, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID IF THE GRAVY ON YOUR PLATE DON’T FALL ON MINE THEN YOUR GRAVY IS NO GOOD By Terry Allen Lucille “Big Mama” Allen wanted us to know that no matter, if we were not being a servant to others then... I MessengerApril 15, 2022
Editorial The Black Card: BIG MAMA SAID: Blessing are like boomerangs. You have to send them out to get them back! By Terry Allen One of the greatest lessons taught to me from Lucille “Big Mama” Allen’s playbook became a common saying in the family.... I MessengerMarch 17, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: TRY ME AND YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW By Terry Allen When Lucille “Big Mama” Allen stood in the doorway between the kitchen and the “big room” and spoke from her playbook,... I MessengerFebruary 18, 2022
Editorial BIG MAMA SAID: JOB WELL DONE, RECOGNIZE GOD HAD A PURPOSE FOR YOU, HOLLYWOOD By Terry Allen When any of us completed a chore, task or assignment, my grandmother, Lucille “Big Mama” would publicly tell us that we... I MessengerFebruary 3, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA SAID: “KEEP ON LIVING BECAUSE HEALTHY LIVING IS CRUCIAL! JOIN US THIS MLK WEEKEND As I opened the front door of the home my grandfather built with his own hands Big Mama shared one of her standard “Baby,... I MessengerJanuary 13, 2022
Editorial THE BLACK CARD: BIG MAMA TAUGHT ME: “WISH IN ONE HAND, SPIT IN THE OTHER. SEE WHICH FILLS UP FIRST!” By Terry Allen As a child, my Big Mama had other women in the community that would of- ten say this to their children.... I MessengerDecember 10, 2021