In Btween Thoughts

About a year and a half ago, I wrote " One Night at a Bar ." The characters came to me during a sleepless night in the N.O. There ...

  You have to love Tumblr. I know I do. This past week, a post recommended a good trilogy for the readers of "50 Shades of Grey....

"Well, I hope one day you find someone with whom you can be securely vulnerable." - Shay The other night I was scrolling my Tum...

   Everything about the above poem speaks to me on a deeper level. It describes me and my nightly routine. The line that hurts the m...

I am a Greek Mythology enthusiast. Have been since I was ten years old. This is how I ended up at the movie theater today to catch Dway...

There were three nights in the last week that my body said "enough!" I was sleep before 8p.m. all three nights. I needed th...

It's not very often that two versions of the same song make me happy. Such is the case with the original "Closer" by Goapele ...

I posted this story about 19 months ago (12.28.12) And, I have been tasked to do a part two. This is my way of making sure I do so. Get rea...

   Portobelo is a port city in Colon Province, Panama. It is home to not one but two Black Christ statues. This city was ironically...

In less than 5 months, I will be 35. Thirty-freaking-five!! This is a huge milestone for anyone. I am not prepared. I am not taking this...

We all have those moments, days when we feel less than. We aren't happy with our bodies or our hair or our jobs or situations. Ther...

**2:36 a.m.** In all honesty, you broke me to fix yourself And where is the righteousness in that? ********************************...

This is what boredom looks like in my world. Today, I wanted to see how long my hair was. I know how thick it is because I deal with i...

Love is a strange emotion. It can be the very best and the absolute worst thing ever. They say that if you love someone, you should want ...

  You know what really grinds my gears?!? People who use words without knowing their real definitions and/or those who use words in the...

In my world, eyebrows are very important. I love mine. Getting my eyebrows threaded make me feel like a new woman. I remember the first t...

  The title of this book caught my eyes as I was walking out of the library. "Unfriending My Ex: And Other Things I'll Never D...

It's been a year since one of the biggest miscarriages of justice ever occurred. Trayvon Martin's killer was found not guilty. How...

Being a true Mary fan makes this song easy to love. It is classic MJB. This track is on the "Think Like A Man Too" soundtrack w...

   Call this the shocker of free agency season. LeBron James is taking his talents back to Cleveland. I am so shocked. James wrote a...

Fear is a powerful emotion. It can literally stop anyone in their tracks. It is the force that will prevent a person from moving forwar...