Founder's Blog

" For Shame!" An expression that condemns someone for being dishonorable or disgraceful. "For Shame!" She cried. Shame. Shame is defined both as a noun and as a verb. To Shame someone, a verb, means to make someone feel ashamed. Shame is defined as a painful feeling of humiliation or distress...

Let's just admit that 2020 for most of us has been a complete and utter shit show. Vision Boards became an after thought. We've spent more time with our immediate families this year that in the last decade or so. Those jobs that couldn't be done from home, have now gone 100%...

It wasn't until I was about 35 years old that I realized that I have lived my entire feeling unremarkable, less than memorable, and at times just plain invisible. It wasn't that I didn't get enough attention as a kid because my family will tell you that it was next to impossible...

My father is a 69 year old man, born in Huntsville, Alabama, an HBCU graduate, an entrepreneur, an engineer, a grandfather, and A BLACK MAN. I mention his race last because that is how this country wants him to believe they see him. He knows they do NOT. You see he...

I've said it before, August 2016 was the lowest of my lower points. I work very carefully day-to-day to never end up back in that place. 17 months after my suicide attempt, I had lost my second job in a year, and was evicted from my apartment. I had less than...

In September of 2016, right after my daughter started Kindergarten, I took her to Rally to join Girl Scouts. I signed her up because as a former girl scout, I know the value of the organization. I, myself, hated certain aspects of it, but I saw the benefit...

I have been dreading the day since around your Birthday last month. I could get through that day just fine because I didn't usually see you, nor had there been a tradition of gathering the family together to visit you that day until recently. But I knew Thanksgiving would be a different story. I...

January 31st, 2010, I had a positive pregnancy, and unlike my first pregnancy, I wasn't in denial. I knew I was having baby number 2 and I KNEW it would be a baby girl. I was about 3.5 weeks pregnant. There was no question of who the father was, so I called him. He...

  I haven't written in a long time its seems, and lately, I have had more spiritual awakenings than mental health breakthroughs. I have a dedicated prayer and meditation space that I utilize more than I ever thought I would. That planted seed of devotion to my Lord and spending time with him has been...

I say it all the time, loneliness, is a powerful feeling. But it is just that a feeling. For most of us that feel that loneliness, we aren't alone, just missing something. Recently, I have had to come to grips with the fact that I have been unfaithful in all but one of my...