There is a lot going on in our country right now. Executive orders have been dropping out of this new administration like bombs on our consciousness. I don’t have many words for what’s happening because I’m still processing. Part of me wants to believe that I’m dreaming. Is this our reality? But I did want to share a word of encouragement to my readers. Continue reading “Words for Today”
2017 is here and I am beyond excited for all of the things that lie ahead. Continue reading “Hello 2017”
I have a lot of feelings about the 2016 elections. Being a black female in America, the daughter of immigrants, a member of a military family who’s future Commander-In-Chief has just been elected, a social worker who is busting her butt to empower and build up the youth of our society… All of the intersections of my identities are responding, but no matter who won last night the problems in this country were and are not going to be solved by one man or woman.
Continue reading “Thoughts on the 2016 Presidential Election “
Today I turn 24. For me, my Chapter 24 starts right now and I’m planning on doing a couple things differently over this next year. Continue reading “My 24th Chapter: Unafraid and Unfiltered”
Did your September feel like it flew by? Mine sure did. We’ll keep this month’s recap short and sweet because time is passing us by as we speak: Continue reading “Unafraid Life Lessons – September 2016”
I know that I’ve gone ghost over the past month. Its been crazy over here in my little bubble. Grad school is wrapping up and I’ve been swept away in a sea of final papers and graduation planning. But today I’m taking a break to sip some tea and do some much needed reflection. So let’s talk about those lessons… Continue reading “Unafraid Life Lessons – March 2016”
I went to a funeral this week. I’ve blessed enough to not even remember the last time that I attended a funeral before now. It was so long ago and I was so small that I barely remember it at all. But this week there I was, among a crowd of people saying goodbye to someone that we’ll never see again here on this earth.
This week #OnRepeat
Most of my days look the same.
Wake up. Check phone. Go to class. Go home. Absorb Netflix from my couch. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
We’re all guilty of it: being wrapped up in our daily routine and moving through each day the same as the last. Most of the time we get away with it. That is, we get away with it until we crash into something that makes us realize that we’ve been running on autopilot without a clue about what’s going on around us. Continue reading “Eyes Wide Shut: How to Stop Missing Out On What Really Matters”
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