JURY DUTY!

JURY DUTY!

  YUP! UGH! #myoffice today  It’s times like this when I really understand just how childish and immature I can be when I know no one is watching. I really wish I could be the woman most folks believe I am and give me far more credit than I deserve when it...
DEAR HOLLYWOOD

DEAR HOLLYWOOD

Dear Linda, I’m sorry for your pain, shame, and all you have been through in recent years. That said, I think the real story here is what you have gained, PURPOSE, as opposed to everything you feel you have lost Please don’t misunderstand my words as judgmental or...
The Green Monster

The Green Monster

These posts were really beginning to piss me off! Listen, I know I’m cranky, judgemental, and quite frankly over the top freaking JEALOUS that I don’t have the option to spend one second of MY summer in EUROPE! It’s NEVER been an option. Only a DREAM. Yet I digress....
REGRETS

REGRETS

Sitting with my 3 sisters and mother in a small sterile room in the nursing home looking on as my father struggled for each breath was not only surreal, my emotional pain was debilitating. Yet, I remember it as though it were yesterday, even then, I knew the REAL...
MEMORIES

MEMORIES

Memories are funny….Like this one from less than a year ago. I was happy, confident, and fearless then- or so I thought. It’s amazing how life can knock you down, take the wind from your sails, and at times leave you defeated and deflated. …not gonna lie, there...
I GOT THIS!!!!

I GOT THIS!!!!

I’m scared, excited, and hopeful….. You see as the world begins to practice “normal” social behaviors once again, I have come to recognize just how comfortable I am with the whole isolation thing. Story of my life, just when I get the hang of things…. Can I be the...
I GOT MY SECOND COVID-19 VACCINE SHOT TODAY

I GOT MY SECOND COVID-19 VACCINE SHOT TODAY

4 weeks ago when I got my first vaccine shot I was excited and hopeful. Today, having received the second one, I’m almost giddy. It feels so good to release fear and welcome hope, embrace excitement and make summer plans to see friends and family again. 2020 was...
PLEASE DON’T CALL ME MA’AM

PLEASE DON’T CALL ME MA’AM

      If you want to bring out the CrAzY in me just call me MA’AM! I don’t like or choose to use that anxiety-provoking word, ever…unless of course, my end goal is to piss off another sista!   Annnnnd, It doesn’t escape my limited...