It’s a lifestyle. It’s a movement. It’s a catalyst for change within the dynamics amongst women. It’s liberation, unification, and the collaboration of resources to grow and enhance the quality of life for women everywhere.
– Elle Williams.
I hope you ALWAYS remember to uplift & empower.
A compilation of witty, relatable stories that nourishes the heart and soul of the modern day woman through love, laughter, and liberation.
I Think I Can
Imposter Syndrome SUCKS! That probably wasn’t the best way to start a story, right? I had to keep it [...]
Relationship Goals
I can think of at least four or five couples that I currently keep up with (aka, stalk at [...]
Two Can Play That Game
I can be the Petty Queen when I want to be. It’s not necessarily something that I am proud [...]
Fumbled Your Heart
Love has this funny way of persuading even the most ethical person to compromise his/her beliefs. I guess that’s [...]
Candidly Concerned
I treat my friends like family. In fact, the moment I allow someone into my circle I make it [...]
ProcrastiHATING
"Who the heck does she think she is?!" "Does she really think her stuff is good?" "Gosh I am [...]
The Ugly Parts of You
I remember when social media popped off. I was in the 10th grade, attending an inner city catholic [...]
A Word on Motherhood
My body has been shaped and reshaped like clay, I am an ancient sculpture whose structure is proof that [...]
Love Freedom? Will travel!
“Freedom.” “Motion.” “Trust.” are three words that should be boldly printed on every passport and driver’s license. They are [...]
The Bag Lady
How big are your purses? Mine are typically, oversized, roomy, with lots of pockets. Between Crossfit and my 10 [...]
Best I’ve Ever Had
My favorite food has always been Spaghetti, or as I liked to call it as a kid "Bah-sketti." It's [...]
Sickly Circles
"Birds of a feather flock together." I've lost count how many times I've heard that saying as a child. [...]
Transitions
I closed the door to what was to be my new place. It was an older home that had [...]
My Not So Strange Obsession
My obsession with weight loss has tormented me for twenty-nine years now. From the young age of six, I [...]
Three Times A Woman
I remember the first day I was introduced to womanhood. I was so excited about the idea of my [...]
Clean Up on Aisle 8
I've noticed recently that I move very quickly through day to day life. People have always told me that [...]
Shut Up and Drive
I absolutely hate passenger seat drivers. Full disclosure, however, I am a passenger seat driver. I get it from [...]
Been Such A Long Time
She stared in the mirror. The reflection was foreign to her, partly due to her thinning edges, errant chin [...]
The Before and After Photo
I recently shared on social media a before and after photo of me, however, I’ve decided to no longer [...]
Make Room for Me
One of my fondest memories of my college years was paying a classmate, lovingly nicknamed "Day-Day", $100 to let [...]
Chronicles of a Degreed Black Girl
I don't think I'm better than you because I have a college education! While some people reading that statement [...]
Security Clearance
My head nestled perfectly under his chin. "Well this is a first," I thought to myself. For years, I’d [...]
Shining in the Dark
The Bible says Christians are to live in the world, but not be of the world, and each day [...]
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 [...]
Reflections
How often do you think about your life? I mean, really sit down and reflect on your choices and [...]
Lost and Found
Want to know the hardest thing to find if it were ever lost? Yourself. It's about as hard as [...]
Started from the Bottom
Started from the bottom, now I am here. In 2009, I decided to quit my job in Overland Park, [...]
A Crystal Stair
After Langston Hughes, Mother to Son I. Mother to Daughter Well, daughter, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t [...]
A Cup Runneth Over
One of the most common lessons needed to be learned as a woman is how to say "NO." Can [...]
My Mama’s Bed
2016 was a life-altering year. My husband of almost 4 years died and I was left trying to figure [...]
Somebody Prayed For Me
Have you ever stopped and reflected on the times where you know that the prayers of your family were [...]
Live on Full
Today, for the second time in fifty-three years, I was baptized. It’s not that I don’t think what took [...]
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 [...]
Up, Up, and Away
On a starry night sitting under the moon I thought to myself, Everything looks sooo cool! I see a [...]
The Victim’s Unit
I’m the baby of the family and let everyone tell it, I am the most spoiled. I won’t ever [...]
My Anxiety vs. Instagram
Walking outside felt like I had stepped into another room with a higher ceiling. Maybe with the right ladder, [...]
Bring On The Rain
My twenties served as the decade that taught me about ME. It taught me the things I loved, the [...]
Glass Balls and Rubber Balls
Christmas is my favorite time of year. Sounds super cliché… I know. Some of my fondest memories were around [...]
Fleshly Woes
"Why does my body ignore what my mind says? I try to keep it in tact but I'm here [...]
Conditional Winners
9:30pm couldn’t come quick enough, as I looked at the time in the right hand corner of my purple [...]
Love In Spite Of
There is always that ONE friend. You know, the one that has the laundry list of prerequisites for their [...]
Ole Nasty Life Race
"Only twenty minutes left. That's two 10-minute segments, or four 5-minutes intervals. I can do this," I thought to [...]
A Food Affair
"Can you cook?" Every time a man would ask me that, I would see the smug look appear on [...]
Confession of Depression
"Her name was Kate and she was fabulous. Her hair was waist length with a fresh blow out faithfully [...]
An Ode to Ade
My skin looks like Midnight Like my ancestors running through cotton fields to find freedom The dark, rough, callus of [...]
The Price Is Right
"I hope that you're the one, if not, you are the prototype. We'll tip toe to the sun and [...]
Hey Little Girl
"Hey Black Child. Do you know who you are? Who you really are? Do you know you can be? [...]
Abandoned Treasures
"Don’t kick up dust that has settled," they said. "It will cause problems and reactions. Reactions we may not [...]
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
If I had a dollar for every time I started a sentence with "so about this guy I met…" [...]
31 Days of Discipline
31 days, 744 hours, 44,640 minutes, or 2,678,400 seconds of pure agony!!! Ok maybe not quite as bad as [...]
A Calmness In The Storm
The smell of the salt water met my nose as I climbed out the twelve passenger van that comfortably [...]
And Then There Was One
I have never been alone, NEVER. In fact, from the moment I entered the world from Rosie's womb I [...]
Tax Season
I can count on one hand (and still have several fingers left over might I add) how many times [...]
I’m Divorcing My Bestie
I always get the strangest looks when I tell people how many best friends I have (seven by the [...]
No Takebacks
I told myself I wouldn’t write this story. **Rolls eyes. In fact, I talked about me being "ok" and [...]
Rite of Passage
Passage - the act or process of moving through, under, over or past something on the way from one [...]
Sandra D. Mentality
Five stinking hours for a simple silk press and a trim still baffles me till this day. Let history [...]
Contingency Plan
"You have condoms?" I asked while rolling my eyes with embarrassment, ashamed that I hadn’t prepared accordingly. Then again, [...]
IG-less Joann
"Say Cheese on three…one, two, three, Cheese!" The group replied in the loud, high pitched unison that was very [...]
The Dream Catcher
I catch dreams like wishes. Crochet them into the image Of the woman I hope to be. I wear [...]
Two-Edged Sword
As I walked briskly to my old, scratched up, yet dependable Toyota I like to call "Cammie," my hands [...]
Rose Colored Glasses
Her fair skin glistened in the sunlight, radiating the most flawless skin one ever did see. She was the [...]
Hey Friend!
I hate being the new girl on the block, and don’t let me be new to an environment that [...]
The Power Puff
Don’t look down Maddie. You must be brave. Though things may seem uncertain. Trust me. There is room for you [...]
When We First Met
An innocent and unexpected glance Is what normally starts it all And with it, a smile usually follows. A brave [...]
The Maintenance Woman
My favorite artist is Janelle Monae', but by now that should come to no surprise. **Waves, Hey Sista J! [...]
Pilot Jones
It was in this moment at 8:00pm running up behind my sorority sister while dragging my space efficient carry [...]
The Village Keeper
A Dreamer. I've always been one, even well before I knew being labeled a "dreamer" was actually a cool [...]
Not Quite Samson
Have you ever experienced something for so long, you forgot what life was like before it? Seriously. Like when [...]
In A Sentimental Mood
When I think of life as an adult nowadays, I envision the meme everyone uses when the New Year [...]
Goldilocks Guys
"The Goldilocks principle states that something must fall within certain margins, as opposed to reaching extremes. The Goldilocks principle [...]
The Rebirth
As I walk along the sidewalk toward the old, moldy yet familiar church, I see a long line which [...]
Quality Assurance
@MrEverything1911…and that he was. The description read…"PHD Candidate, Brutha to The Night Lyricist, and God-fearing family man." LordT is [...]
Hard Boiled Eggs
Easter morning I stood out in the brisk, cold air and watched as all the children in their soft, [...]
Drowning Flies
8:00am rolls around oh too quickly and it's greeted by me running into the revolving doors of my company's [...]
3rd String Shawty
"Ya know, you are pretty cute for a…" Statements like that have always been a setup for a fail. [...]
Twenty Nine Candles
I should be the poster child for cool calendars. In fact, my friends got a good laugh from me [...]
Mahogany Brew
Mahogany Brew. Who and what are you? This elephant in the room Has and will forever be pointing at YOU. [...]
Doctor Fix It
Twas' the night before therapy and all through my mind, thoughts formed vivid predictions of what my therapist may [...]
Maybe It Just Sags
As I laid helplessly on the hospital bed I thought to myself, "Is this what the rest of my life [...]
Unemployed Hearts
Do you want to know the scariest time during an adult's career? It’s Performance Appraisal. Yep, I said it. That [...]
29 & Fine…Ish
Makeup looks good. Check! But not “too good” because I don’t want to come off as overdone. Dress fits nice. [...]
Elle’s World
She is doing THEE most. With her colorful blazers and her high heels shoes. This is not a runway. Whose [...]
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