Category Archives: Reflections
Mood Booster
My mood-booster is retail therapy. If I’m feeling low about myself, I buy outfits that will make me feel amazing. I love dressing myself in my imagination and building it around a scenario. I picture when I am going to … Continue reading
Advocating
If I’m not on the inside nobody wants to fight, if nobody in there to push the agenda then how do you get the change on the outside…In times like these, it can sometimes be hard to find a purpose, … Continue reading
Witness Marks
“See that?” The clock repairman pointed his flashlight beam on a small, fine mark roughly engraved inside the old grandfather clock he was working on in our home. “Another repairman could have put that there almost a century ago,” he … Continue reading
Santa Claus
“There’s a part of me that really does want to always believe in Santa Claus. But when we were kids, we didn’t get that much. I remember one time, we said, ‘We didn’t see Santa Claus.’ We’d waited for him. … Continue reading
Helping Hand
When I was struggling with my mental health, it was difficult to find a therapist. If it was hard for me — someone who has the means — I knew it was a huge problem in the Black community,” she … Continue reading
