The first Monday after “Spring Forward Sunday,” and we must push through. **yawn** I am currently in search of imaginary coffee, and attempting to adjust to the time change. Similar to the time change I realized that I must “spring forward” with some things. A shift that I must accept, and ride the wave. For the past couple of months, you have been apart of this journey of me launching the first book in the Adventures of Alleykats series. You…
“You don’t know who you are until God sets you free.” When Pastor Austin said this in church yesterday I was stuck to my seat. It’s so very true. Have you ever been lost in a situation that you don’t know who you are anymore? That was my story a year ago. When I was in church yesterday I was convicted. I’m absolutely grateful that I’m not in the same place I was in a year ago, but I haven’t…
How was your Christmas? Great I hope! My family doesn’t exchange physical gifts. We eat, laugh, and watch movies all day. I say, it’s Christmas all year long, I enjoy the fellowship more than any gifts. So, I’m not judging if you participate in gift exchanges. My mom and I were talking over the weekend about judgment. Honestly, our conversation began at 4 am when she’s bright eyed, full of wisdom, and has the potential to spill over into breakfast….
When you look at your calendar and notice that you are on Day 16, and decided that the topic would be “Love.” **Begins singing Love by Musiq Soulchild** Am I ready to talk about the four letter word? I’ve experienced love before, a time or two. I even thought I was close to marriage, and then I realized it wasn’t love. Someone once told me that you can be in love with the thought of a person, and not the…
Live with…Follow…Love…Embrace… YOUR PASSION! It took me a minute to understand, and believe how powerful passion can be. It’s such a strong emotion. So, when I think of passion I automatically think of history. I love it! I fell in love with it as a little girl. I was more intrigued with the fact that according to the history textbooks in school was that black history began with slavery. I kept asking the questions, well where did we come from?…
There’s a running joke among my friends that I’m really Carmen Sandiego. Despite the fact that the fictional character who I absolutely loved growing up looked nothing like me. My Instagram and Twitter handle was once dedicated to that chapter of my life where I was constantly running. Running from reality… I’ve always been a private person. I guess it was the way I was raised. Multiple aliases so no one could ever calculate my next move. Then, I thought,…
I was a recent high school graduate. I believed I had done everything correctly in life. Graduated high school with honors, involved in numerous extracurricular activities, and what I thought ready for the next phase, COLLEGE! My plan was to always graduate and enroll at four-year HBCU (Historically Black College/University). Well, that plan didn’t work. “She’s not ready yet.” I wasn’t ready for a four-year school? Despite knowing that my grades could pretty much guarantee an acceptance letter from the…