Motherhood for me ain't been no crystal stair. If you read TOYI ELIZABETH then you know that a lot of my faith has been built through my motherhood journey. Since I first wrote this piece, my younger son has gone off to college and my older son got married. Now, four years later I'm still… Continue reading A Complicated Mother’s Day
It's April, my birthday month and God told me to rest, relax, and have fun. It came in the form of the #birthdaymonthchallenge and I initially rejected it until it became clear that God was serious. I'm not a birthday person. I generally spend the day in deep reflection or doing meaningful work that invigorates… Continue reading A Birthday Break from Becoming
Spring is here. As it peeked into our lives we had a few days with temperatures in the 60s. I cleaned up my garden, planted my indoor seeds, and even had coffee outside on the deck one morning. It's not just the trees and blooms, I come alive at this time of year, too. I… Continue reading Deceptively Sunny Days
Well, I'm two months into my #oneword year of "DELIVER." I'm not killing it yet. If you recall, my year of "Deliver" is about doing more and thinking less. Granted, "less" for me is still probably more than most people can imagine. In essence, I'm challenging myself this year to put my faith, ideas, and… Continue reading 8 Weeks of Deliver
Origin is a biographical drama film, written and directed by Ava DuVernay, based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winner, Isabel Wilkerson. The book explores racism in the United States as an aspect of social stratification like those found in Nazi Germany and modern India. Like the movie, my… Continue reading Survive and Defy: Ava DuVernay’s ORIGIN
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