Living And Loving In The Moment

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer DeAngelo Mack and Dr. Shani Buggs met six years ago, starting off as friends and building a relationship of trust and transparency. Louis Bryant III, OBSERVER. Credit: Louis Bryant III Black love is beautiful and transcends attempts to limit it and fit it into nice, neat boxes only to be brought out on special occasions. Black love is a special occasion all its own. With Valentine’s Day gone and Black History Month just ended,& The OBSERVER highlights DeAngelo Mack and Dr. Shani Buggs, the last of four area couples it sat down with to talk about the power of Black love and modeling healthy relationships for their families and the wider community. Quality Time DeAngelo Mack was the first person Dr. Shani Buggs got to know upon arriving in Sacramento in 2018. After he impressed her mother, the two have built a relationship on communication, transparency and defining their own thing. “He was a kind, caring individual from the start,” Dr. Buggs recalls. “When I met her, I was like, ‘Man, this woman is brilliant,’” Mack says of his now partner., who holds a Ph.D. and MPH and specializes in public health...