Founder's Blog
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...
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...
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,...
Why have hope?
Having hope, being hopeful… most of the time sucks. Having hope means facing rejection, dealing with disappointment, getting discouraged, and feeling defeat. Why do it? Why set yourself up for any of that? Why willingly allow yourself to place yourself at risk for any of those things?...
We hear it all the time. "Just think positive." "Sending Good vibes." I'm the type of person that even when I feel hopeless, I try to hold on to some kind of hope that the feeling will pass soon enough. Some days, I don't truly believe it will. I...