Hi, I’m Tender
You, dear heart, are meant and built and destined for flight. Continue reading Hi, I’m Tender
Tag: fear
Paradise, Interrupted.
Their storybook success story became a storybook horror story, and you wouldn’t even know it. Continue reading Paradise, Interrupted.
Part 1: No, I wasn’t r****
Foreign young women shouldn’t walk down dark streets alone. And, a gentleman should accompany her back to safety. We both knew this. Continue reading Part 1: No, I wasn’t r****
The Bluest Eye(s)
I chose to break my silence because there was something that was attempting to compete with and dominate Love. Love is my ministry, and this I cannot allow. Continue reading The Bluest Eye(s)
Confidence In Creation + Loving My “Deformities”
The Universe doesn’t set its children up for failure. Continue reading Confidence In Creation + Loving My “Deformities”
Sweet 16 Reflections (Guest Post)
She always had the type of voice that made you want to cry and hug God at the same time…an effortless perfection. Anita and I met in 2003 when I joined the Augusta-based youth performing arts ensemble, Creative Impressions. I was singing for fun, but even then she was following her destiny. Back in July of … Continue reading Sweet 16 Reflections (Guest Post)
seasons change, and so do we
People around me call me Brave, and consider how, without a job, will I eat. How will I live? I have no fear. I’ve spent 27 years witnessing the seasons change, and paying attention to nature. I know very well how this story goes. Spring brings copulation, creation, and growth. Rain and flowers. Pollen … Continue reading seasons change, and so do we
The Road Not Taken
I had to memorize this Robert Frost poem in the seventh grade, and it made a strong impact on 12-year-old me. Something about those two roads diverged in a yellow wood seemed like a sneak peak into this young and unfolding life of mine. And I tell you, it has been a thrill ever since. With … Continue reading The Road Not Taken
You Are Silk
You’re going to meet many people with domineering personalities: the loud, the obnoxious, those that noisily stake their claims in your territory and everywhere else they set foot on. This is the blueprint of a predator. Predators prey on gentleness, peace, calmness, sweetness and any positivity that they sniff out as weakness. Anything that is … Continue reading You Are Silk
Swim
I’m sitting at this moment at an audition for a spot of Host on a local network. I went over my my game plan in the car, determining and saying aloud to the audience of Self my purpose for even coming. Admittedly, I was apprehensive to audition – this is for a Christian network, and … Continue reading Swim
You are the truth™ 