I'M TAKING MY FAMILY BACK FROM THE WORLD'S SYSTEM.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE DAYS WHEN WE AS AFRICAN AMERICANS TOOK THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AT THE DINNER TABLE AND TALK. I REMEMBER HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS TO SIT NEXT TO MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS' AND LISTEN TO THEM TELL DADDY HOW THERE DAY WENT OR THE PROBLEMS THEY HAD IN SCHOOL, DATING FRIENDS ETC. THAT 'S WHEN FAMILYS' CARED ABOUT EACHOTHERS WELL-BEING, NOW A DAYS WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME, WE LIVE IN A MICROWAVE SOCIETY IF IT CAN'T BE SAID IN 10 -15 MIN WE LOOSE FOCUS. WHEN WE WERE COLORED WE DID MORE AS A PEOPLE, WE STUCK TOGETHER BECAUSE ALL WE HAD WAS EACHOTHER. NOW THAT WERE AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR BLACKS WE DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE NEXT MAN, AS LONG AS I GOT MINES HAS BECOME OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM INSTEAD OF LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING. HOW MANY OF US EVEN KNOW THE LYRICS TO THE BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM? YET OUR CHILDREN KNOW EVERY WORD TO AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, SOMETHINGS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE. I INTEND TO TAKE BACK MY FAMILY ONE DAY AT A TIME, I VOW BEFORE GOD AND MAN TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO BE A BETTER PARENT. I DON'T WANT MY LEGACY TO BE MY MAMA NEVER TALKED OR LISTENED TO ME. I WANT MY FAMILY TO SAY HERE LIES A WOMAN THAT TOOK THE TIME TO LISTEN BECAUSE SHE CARED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE, SHE HAD A LISTENING EAR AND A LOVING HEART. LET'S BE A FAMILY AGAIN ,OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN NEED US TO BE AVAILABLE. IN THE WORDS OF JOAN RIVER " CAN WE TALK". MINISTER HIAWATHA OWENS