As I touched on in a previous post, I do believe that how you do one thing is how you do everything.  How you communicate is how you love. Most can easily recite Gary Chapman’s five love languages as words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, and physical touch. But what does…

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. I don’t have the mental bandwidth to unpack my feelings on this, so today I will leave you with the lyrics of a 2017 song by Propaganda, “Crooked Ways.” Word to Grandpops who couldn’t fathom the Obama-sisI don’t…

This post on my 12-hour labor and delivery serves as a follow-up to my post, My doctor recommended I abort at 8 weeks. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you start there.  For those of you ready to continue, I suppose it’s best we begin with my first encounter with Dr. Gloria Martin. I…

My blog turned 6 today. Considering all the domain changes, theme makeovers, topic shifts, and periods of inconsistency, I’m just grateful that for whatever reason, I decided to maintain this space. Over the past 6 years, several worthwhile friendships and fun brand partnerships materialized from this space, and for that I’m grateful. I suppose I…