I Need to Cry

Life can be so overwhelming. Being a person of faith does not eliminate that. You can believe and be overwhelmed. I didn’t know that. For years, I thought projecting an attitude of, “all is well,” was what I was supposed to do. However, all I did was mask my trauma and hide myself from the

Life Interrupted and Started Again…

Life after the virus has been a daily re-introduction to my new self. Most days, I do not feel like interacting with people. I tire easily. I also find myself not being able to maintain my steady disposition. Although I am not ill anymore, the residue and brain fog is a whole ‘notha set of

The Choice is Yours

Life is full of choices. I recently told a client that from the time we wake up in the morning, we are inundated with the task of deciding. Some will argue that they don’t make any choices but trust me, you do. The last five weeks have been replete with absolute acts of terror that

Ugly

Most of my days begin with a cup of coffee, my Bible, prayer, and reflection. I don’t like to do a lot of talking in the morning because, for me, it is a time to listen. I listen with my heart, my eyes, my spirit, and sometimes with my ears. This morning, as I am

It Will Sprout If You Don’t Doubt!

I feel safe in saying that most of the blogs and social media posts are about either the pandemic or something related to it. How could they not be? This virus has infiltrated our lives and seems to be staying as long as it is fed: division feeds it. When the virus first hit America,

What Now?

It is amazing that anyone can identify any specific area of concern. There is so much going on—-so much sensory going on that it would be a sincere feat to find ANYONE that is not experiencing some form of trauma. There is so much to be focused on: civil rights, marital woes, parental angst, and

I Don’t Trust My Husband

It’s four months into the pandemic. Couples have had to spend an unprecedented amount of time with each other and it is reasonable that they have run out of things to say. Or have they? Stress has a way of making issues and insecurities rise to the top and if the marriage is not built

Black Girl

After watching the season opener of Greenleaf the other night, I watched a documentary called, Dark Girls. It was the second in the series. As we are all trying to understand the complexities of how systemic racism has created vacuums of covert and overt hate, let us also look to how these mindsets have infected

Colorblind

“Like most mothers, I have hopes for my sons’ future: good careers, great marriages, beautiful children, and lives of abundant faith.”

BLOGS

Honey-Flavored December 23, 2019 It was the second week that I was sick. I had tried almost every medication imaginable to try to speed up the healing process. I hate being sick. This was the fourth cold since I moved to another state and my immune system was in a twister-twirl! Besides, life doesn’t stop: