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Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag

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About Me


GIRLY MYSPACE CURSORS!
Myspace For Girls Only - MyGirlySpace.comMarried since 1985, blended family consisting of 5 adults (yeaaaa!) 13 Grandchildren (to-date). Live in a 4 generation household.In addition to being a full time family manager for my 4 generation household, when I (recently) celebrated my 50th birthday, I launched a new career as an author. I also co-facilitate Joy-Full Life® Marriage and Family Enrichment workshops with my husband Jerome "Dr. Rick" Theus Sr., Ed. Spec. Rick and I are also the Directors of the Uplift Family Ministry at their church, Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan. Bishop Charles H. Ellis, III is the Senior Pastor. Brown Paper Bag is my debut novel.For information about Brown Paper Bag or Family Enrichment workshops email [email protected]

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Tyler Perry, Bill and Camille Cosby, Tyra Banks, Susan Taylor, Theresa Hairston, Nancy Wilson, Lena Horne, LaTanya Richardson (Married to Samuel L. Jackson), Morgan Freeman, Pauletta(Married to Denzel Washington) Pearson, Angela Bassett, Sharon Ewell Foster, Tia McCollors, Jacquelin Thomas, Ronn Elmore, Barak Obama, Bill & Hillary, Andrew Young, Dr.Lindsay Marsh, Evangelist Ty Adams, Phophetess Juanita Bynum

Music:

Complete "Believe" CD by Yolanda Adams, Anything Motown, Anything by Aretha Franklin, Vicki Winans, CeCe Winans, BeBe Winans, Mary Mary, "Old School Michael Jackson," Gladys Knight, Nancy Wilson, Spinners, Four Tops, (some) Elton John, Bishop Paul Morton,

Movies:

Holiday Heart, the Color Purple, Anything with Bette Davis, Beaches, Dreamgirls, Idlewild, the Preacher's Wife, Waiting to Exhale, Akeela and the Bee, the Passion of Christ, Imitation of Life

Television:

Girlfriends, Everybody Loves Raymond, "Clean House," Any Court TV program, Emeril, the Tyra Banks Show

Books:

.. He's Fine, But is He Saved, Kimberly Brooks Targerine, Marilynn Griffith, Daughters of the King, Dr. Gail Hayes, Three Fifty Seven A.M. Kendra Norman Bellamy Ain't No Mountain, Passing through Samaria, Ain't No River, Abraham's Well, Sharon Ewell Foster, Temptation, Joy, Sin and a Shame, Victoria Christopher Murray, Blueprints for Marriage, Johnny Parker The Master's Degree, Frank and Bunny Wilson God is in the Bedroom Too, P. Bunny Wilson Back from Sanity's Edge, Denise A. Smith

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, My Husband, My grandmother, the late Mrs. Mattie Mae Wright, My Grandfather, the late George Wright, my father, Tony Mason and my mother, Mrs. Mary Clinkscales.

My Blog

Happy to be nappy!!!!!!

..>..>..> ..> Twisted Beliefs About Our Hair ... I like to change my hair.  I've worn it relaxed, textured, braided, fro'd, and yes dyed-fried-and-laid-to-the-side.  Depending...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:04:00 PST

Discrimation w/n our own race continues!

I didn't want to believe my own eyes when my daughter emailed a picture of a promotional flier to me last week.  The flier was advertising a club party which was to be held only minutes away...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:04:00 PST

But By the Grace of God...

It seems that the names of two prominent women of faith, and their husbands are on the lips of nearly everyone in the Christian community, particularly black Christians.  Everyone has a theo...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:25:00 PST

T.G.I.F. ! Thank God I'm Fifty

Venus' View   God's majesty becomes more evident to me each day I've been blessed with a phenomenal family... I had a really good childhood. Waistlines are overrated. I'm way smarter than my kid...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:54:00 PST

2007 Has Been Declared the Year of Release!

Dream Casting, Taking Your Dreams from Concept to Completion..."V" Dream casting  The use of affirmative words, actions and thought processes that transition a desired future state into a realiz...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:09:00 PST

One Day I Asked the Lord... "Why"

  Does my teenager wear her dresses so short and her earrings so long... Does she lie and tell me she's keeping up with her studies, when a note from the school tells me she's been hangin' ...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:58:00 PST

Editorial on Intra-racial Discrimination (Colorism)

  Editorial on Intra-racial Discrimination (Colorism) Venus Mason Theus                  I can remember as a young child,...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:47:00 PST

Brown Paper Bag Synopsis

Somebody lied& The obvious is sometimes obscure.                When Natalie Jordan's family migrated from rural Georgia to Detroit in 1954, ...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:24:00 PST

Excerpt from 1st Chapter of Brown Paper Bag

Chapter One Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,  and mine acquaintance into darkness. Ps. 88:18         W ho's that baby's daddy?" "Are you drunk or something? W...
Posted by Venus Mason Theus, Author of Brown Paper Bag on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:21:00 PST