Shut Up and Drive
I absolutely hate passenger seat drivers. Full disclosure, however, I am a passenger seat driver. I get it from my parents, actually. After 50 years of marital bliss, the most arguing that I see [...]
Make Room for Me
One of my fondest memories of my college years was paying a classmate, lovingly nicknamed "Day-Day", $100 to let us borrow his car to ride to Hattiesburg, MS for a weekend called "Que-Delta." This [...]
Not So Empty Nesters
"I just got a new apartment. I'm gon' leave the floor wet. Walk around this thang naked. And nobody's gone' tell me ish!" – Ari Lennox My 1000 square ft apartment, though it was [...]
Lost and Found
Want to know the hardest thing to find if it were ever lost? Yourself. It's about as hard as searching for a cell phone on silent. And if you are anything like me, not [...]
A Cup Runneth Over
One of the most common lessons needed to be learned as a woman is how to say "NO." Can you take on this extra project? "Yes." Can you stay an extra hour? "Sure." Can [...]
Somebody Prayed For Me
Have you ever stopped and reflected on the times where you know that the prayers of your family were covering you? I was in college from 2007-2011 and you couldn't tell me that I [...]
In My Father’s Image
So, I married my daddy. No, I didn’t literally marry him. But if you let friends and family tell it, I did marry a man that shares a significant number of traits like my [...]
Up, Up, and Away
On a starry night sitting under the moon I thought to myself, Everything looks sooo cool! I see a beautiful butterfly coming towards my nose. I want to be like her, I thought. So…. [...]
Confession of Depression
"Her name was Kate and she was fabulous. Her hair was waist length with a fresh blow out faithfully every two weeks that forced the smell of salon products to bake into her natural [...]