Category: Journey
Snapshots
New Yorkers
Traveling
Traveling is exposure. My first experience with traveling was when I was a child. Our parents used to take my brother and I on these long road trips to South Carolina. Not only was it a great opportunity for us to meet our extended family, but open road and the sound of trees whistling in …
San Diego
Strength
Too many times, we underestimate our own power. We limit ourselves, placing imaginary lines and stop signs in places where there are green lights and signals to go. At times we do not even understand the value of our own worth. As I was listening to the song ‘Rolling Hills’ off of Jill Scott’s latest …
Girl’s Night In
Occasionally, my sister-friends and I get together and talk. We’ve been doing this for years – since high school at least. These “conversations” or “discussions” have grown from immature girlish cackles to full blown woman conversations about womanly things that now range and run the gamut from careers and money, sex and love, children, weddings, …
Epic Soul
Musician, Corey Harris “I didn’t know that I was going to be a musician,” he explained, “when I was a kid I wanted to study dinosaurs, play soccer…even draw.” He laughed smoothly. The mellow tone to his voice is enough to make you want to listen; a tone like that soothes your mind, eases your …
What I Know For Sure
Hebrews 11:1- “Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstrations of realities though not beheld.”Over this year, this scripture keeps replaying in my head. It is a source of solace, encouragement, and enlightenment. As I grow and mature, I find myself becoming settled in my adulthood. Content with the idea that …
The Beginning of My Paradox
A common issue in the African American community Under normal circumstances, I would have never noticed him. He was a piece of chocolate tucked behind the shelves of the gas station convenience store. I briefly noticed the smooth surface of his forehead peaking above the butterscotch krimpets and the honey buns. It was very early …