He’s a Good Man, Savannah. But Is He Though?
Whenever I am doom-scrolling on Instagram, I see the Waiting To Exhale meme of Savannah’s mom saying “He’s a good man Savannah” and I wonder why women would use this meme to describe their significant others. Did we watch the same movie? There is no way that folks are referring to Kenneth, the man Savannah was having an affair with, as a “good” man.
In the State of I Don’t Know
According to Jessica Lanyadoo of TheHoodwitch.com, “It’s OK to be imperfect, to not know what comes next, and to have mixed feelings about it. Don’t be so quick to find the answer that you rush past the process.”
For now, in good faith, I am accepting things as they are in the present moment and journeying through the process.
The Place Where I Learned The Word "Matriculation" #TheeILove
It’s homecoming week at Thee Jackson State University, home of The Sonic Boom of the South. As I scroll through my Instagram feed seeing all the festivities going on on Thee Yard it caused me to reminisce on how I ended up at my Dear Ole College Home.
Back in the summer of ‘99, yes 1999, I had my heart dead set on attending Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina for two reasons: Lawrence Starks and Lillian McFarlin. My maternal grandparents attended WSSU and I wanted to continue the legacy…
Wish It Would Her Name
Varsha was exhausted after experiencing a bad day; she truly felt that the mercury retrograde was affecting her. First, she hit a pothole, bust her front right tire and was late to her major meeting. She dropped her iPad on the ground. Now, she was on the phone with her bank.
“Yes, I understand,” she said to the receiver, “There’s nothing you can do to handle this fraud claim over the phone.”
She called her bank about a mysterious transaction on her savings account and found out that an ACH transaction was made against her account. Now the money she had saved to attend her best friend Valencia's destination wedding is gone…
Creative Inspiration Wanted
As a creative, there are times when finding motivation and inspiration can be a challenge. There seems to be a blockage in one’s creative juices or the fire for a passion project is dying down…
Think Dirty. Shop Clean.
As a creative, there are times when finding motivation and inspiration can be a challenge. There seems to be a blockage in one’s creative juices or the fire for a passion project is dying down…
Morning Rush
One of my New Year resolutions was to wake up at 7:00 AM and have breakfast with my morning coffee. A new expectation, but I wake up every morning at 8:30, with thirty minutes to go through my entire routine, out the door and in my car by 9:15 and at my desk by 10:00. There are mornings when I do not have time to make breakfast…