Providing Nuanced Exposures to Static Worldviews
What do you love and what do you do it for? One of the things I love the most about living during this time is that there is so many opportunities for exposure. If you're diligent enough to work social media, have an unquenchable appetite to stay fresh and relevant, and keep up your networking … Continue reading The Question Is…
People love a good story. Perhaps that's why we love to gravitate to people being honest (or what we assume to be honest) and we hail people for being vulnerable, authentic, or "real". We crave for people to trust or honor us enough to expose who they are and what they are going through to … Continue reading Can You Handle the Real Me? Five Roadblocks to Vulnerability
When peace like a river attendeth my way... My faith journey as I know it now is not as it had been. I never thought I would be one of those people. I just knew that the reassurance that I had about God, my faith, my destiny, my purpose would be the one thing that … Continue reading Soundtrack to Losing & Finding Faith – Track 1: It Is Well
I've always been considered sensitive. From my earliest collections of memories, I could always feel things deeply and react to them, usual with tears. Over the years, I have had to learn to be more tough-skinned, mostly through being shamed about it. You need to grow some thick skin! You're so sensitive! Stop that crying! … Continue reading Gifts with Different Labels
Why are we so afraid to feel? Because denial. Denial keeps us unbothered. Denial keeps us advancing. Denial keeps us healing from those hurtful situations. Denial keeps us so bothered that it comes out in a number of ways. Denial keeps us connected to situations and people for the sake of "saving face". Denial convinces … Continue reading I Admitted It. Now What?
Hi, loves. It's been awhile. I could go on and on about how this has been going on and how that has been going on that has prevented me from posting, but it's actually simpler than that. Lack of inspiration. When I say lack of inspiration, I don't mean that I've had a lack of ideas. I receive … Continue reading Staying In My Lane on the AVE…
I've been rather nomadic during my adult years. Four years in Pennsylvania for undergrad, six months in France for study abroad, one year in Dallas for one grad program, five months in Georgia for an internship for another grad program. In between those times, I've found myself back at home base, usually living life and … Continue reading Giving Up the Goods
I loved the students I was blessed to work with last year. With one group, the lead teacher and I would give the students one minute math drills at the beginning of almost every math class session. The students started on the same level at the beginning of the year. Once we gave them the … Continue reading Keep Your Eyes On Your Own Paper!
August 8 marked the two year anniversary of The Girl with Black Pearls! I am amazed and sincerely thankful to be able to look back on these past two years and smile because of what I've been able to build from this platform. There is no way that I can say THANK YOU and it … Continue reading Terrific Two – Happy Anniversary, TGWBP!
Last Wednesday was my 28th birthday. Twenty-eight. I figure that the more I say it, the realer it will be. I was not expecting for much to happen this year for the blessed occasion and I had not made any elaborate plans for celebration like I did for 27. There were sobering reminders all around … Continue reading 28 – Busting Through the Safety Net