Every single one of us is a song. Written by the master Songwriter.
I am a song.
Beauty in the Contradictions: The Spiritual Evolution of Prince
"Prince was just too nasty for me. I grew up in the church," she said. My first inclination was to defend the musical icon I loved so much. “Well, you know he wrote 1,000s of songs—over 40 albums, and only a relatively small portion of those could be considered ’nasty.’” “Well, all the ones I ever heard …
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Race, Faith, Family, and Health: My Top 5 Posts from 2015
All things considered, 2015 was a great year for my writing. I released my ninth book and wrote numerous articles for digital pubs like The Chronicle Vitae, Ebony.com, The Guardian, and DAME Magazine. So I’m not terribly surprised that here on my own blog, the posts that had the most views were the ones that …
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PTSD is Real…Ask Me and Olivia Pope
I haven’t been quite right since the abuse. I haven’t been quite right since the accident. The sexual abuse and later, rape, I experienced when I was younger has created emotional and spiritual blocks for me in most of my relationships. I either become too needy with people I’ve deemed safe or too “hard” and …
People Say That I’m a Dreamer: My Journey to a Protest
So I really wanted to go to DC or NYC for one of the marches for justice that were happening across the country this past weekend--had actually planned to go to DC all week long--but the kid was sick (fever, snot and such) and in a battle between my mommy-self and my activist-self, mommy usually …
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From Rage to Rest and Back Again: The Importance of Self Care in the Face of Injustice
Here’s my truth: I don’t do tragedy very well. Not my own and definitely not the calamities of others. There’s something about heartbreak and injustice, death and destruction that breaks my heart over and over and over again. As somewhat of a depressive, these kinds of events can send me to the extremes of …
Settling into Motherhood: Training Up A Child In The Way He Should Go
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. – Proverbs 22:6 NKJV *removes halo* I promise you, for the entire 38.2 weeks I was pregnant with K, anytime someone would mention this scripture in an effort to give me parenting advice, …
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What Blazing Trails Feels Like and Other Revelations
This post was originally published at MyBrownBaby.com So I suppose this post might be just a wee bit too transparent; too revealing. My apologies, in advance. However, for my own sanity, I have to, once again, shed my halo and tell my whole, ugly truth. Here goes: Sometimes I’m incredibly envious of people. Not rolling-my-eyes-and-I-hate-their-guts …
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