Dianne Valentin:  

Life It has been a long time since I visited this site. I still only have four children, but my eldest daughter now has two children ages 5 and 3. I am still an entrepreneur, but I spend a lot more time as an activist than I used to. I am a Black woman. I know and believe to my core that there is power in that fact. I move through this life as the mother of four grown, very interesting children whom I not only love, but also find that I do like a great deal. I am also a grandmother with all of its maternal implications. I have lived and continue to live a full and interesting life as an entrepreneur, as well as a grassroots peace and environmental activist. My life has held its ups and downs, its joys and disappointments, its gains and losses. Although my mother was alive for only eleven years of my life, I am confident that I know how to be a good woman, a good mother, and a good friend because of what I learned from her, watching her, listening to her, being around her. ...Expand for more