Most of my birthdays begin with reflection and today was no different. Four decades of life…hard to believe. I often feared not living beyond 34 years of life (age my father died). Today I decided to list forty feelings I have as I enter my fortieth year of life. Here’s to the feels. I FEEL…Continue reading “Forty feels @ Forty”
Tag Archives: Contentment
Chronic Singleness
I’ve lived a lot of life as a single Black woman and I’ve resisted writing down these thoughts for a while, but usually in my writing I find solace sprinkled with liberty and saturated with courage. Courage to share that I am nearly FORTY (yep, the big 4 0) and I have spent almost halfContinue reading “Chronic Singleness”
The Darkroom
It has never been darker than it is now… It is easiest to embrace darkness or at least a season of it when we know that there is light at the end of the tunnel. In my case, it seems the tunnel has no end. In just a few weeks I will be 36 yearsContinue reading “The Darkroom”
Fat and Happy
I imagine that there is not much we can learn from a fish, but, lately I’m finding that all of God’s creation speak; yep, even those that don’t literally have a voice. Charlie, my betta fish, belongs to a unique breed because their belly is only the size of their tiny little eyeball. Even withContinue reading “Fat and Happy”
Precious Predilections 