When reality struck I’d be a single mother, I vowed to not be that single mother. The one who designated her son as “man of the house”. Or the single mother that raises the hell out her daughter but enables her son. I don’t have a daughter, so no worries…

The hard reality no one wants to believe — There’s a lot of rhetoric in the dating/relationship space regarding “beautiful” women. I think I know what men mean regarding women considered ‘beautiful’. And that is, societies standard of beauty. Women who are racially ambiguous. The kind we see with NBA, NFL players, or rappers. If these types are what…

I’m seeing a lot on the internet. Especially in regards to black women and marriage. The statistics are hardly ever in our favor. This doesn’t leave much room for black women to think or feel positively about marriage. And the likelihood it can happen for us. No matter what anyone…

Previously I wrote about using a whiteboard as a writing tool to get ideas out quickly. To date, my whiteboard stays jam packed with ideas, to do lists, and important dates to remember. The only regret I have, is not having the space to buy one massively bigger to potentially…

Take it from me Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard. Divorce rates are high. Some 50% of marriages end in divorce. Even though that sounds like a lot of relationships falling to ruin, it leads me to wonder if the other 50% are truly happy. There are…

Who would think a book of nine chapters could be capable of such actionable, thought provoking truth? Well, that’s what you get with Florence Shinn’s, ‘The Power of the Spoken Word’. I’ll share with you some excerpts that spoke to me: Resentment and intolerance rob man of his power. Watch…

65 million people die annually in the world. That averages to the number listed in the title of this post daily. 178,000 people worldwide die every day. At 42 years old at the time of this writing, I’ve lived approximately 15,340 days thus far. Or, I have survived 15,340 days…