Ending My Relationship with Apps
As a single woman, that doesn’t get out much, dating apps seemed to be the easiest way to meet the most people the fastest. After all, they all have these “Meet me” games where you see a picture and swipe left or right. Most notify you of the match and you take it from...
Hope Means Facing Rejection
So I met a guy on a dating site, we meet in person, he is great, but he just wants to be friends. That's cool with me…. Sort of. Over the course of about a month, we have grown very close. He confides in me and I in him. We hang out and talk...
Trusting in Your Pain
How many times have you prayed for God to remove something from your life? How many times have you asked God to heal you from an illness? Shelter you from storms? End your or a loved one's suffering?
Did you get your answer? Was it the answer you desired? Was it instant?
If you were me......
My 2019 Body: The Facts
January 1st, 2019... I started the year off running/ jogging my first 5K. It felt great and I set a goal to run the Houston Half-marathon next year. I started working really hard to make that happen. 16 days later, I was diagnosed with pneumonia. Yes, walking pneumonia. I hadn't been sick, and I...
Love in the Form of Flesh
It is so important that we all have a person or people to support us emotionally. We often first lean on our family and friends, and if we are lucky, we even get a co-worker or two that we befriend and we form a mutual support system at work too. I have been extremely...
I WAS HERE
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...
There are no words….
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...
Better than Good
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...
The gift of my Girl
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...
Unknowingly Validated
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...