So lately I have seen a lot of people commenting and offering their own personal insights on the celebrity infidelity story that recently broke with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. I find it a bit unusual and self-inflated that outside observers think they have any say or value to strangers’ relationships, and that just because […]
Read moreLife can go by incredibly fast, and with each day that passes, I am trying to learn to appreciate the little things a bit more. Quality time spent with family is something I am beginning to treasure and cherish, and rather than becoming frustrated with things like long road trips stuck in the car for […]
Read moreI don’t understand the mindset some people have of wanting to keep others down or rooting for someone else to fail. Personally, I find there is enough sadness and misery in the world without having to go search for it and I would much rather contribute to the beneficial positivity that can always be expanded […]
Read moreI don’t know who needs to hear this, but we can disagree about something and have opposing viewpoints and still remain friends, acquaintances, or at least cordial to one another. We live in a day and age where civility seems to go out the window when two people fall on opposite sides of the fences […]
Read more2020 has been a hell of a year so far, and one that has left me with an abundance of questions with very little answers, and if I may add, a sour taste in my mouth. If it is so easy to hate someone we do not even know based on appearance, why isn’t it […]
Read moreToday, I sit in front of my MacBook, and I don’t have the slightest inkling on where to begin. There is so much to bring up and discuss and all of it entails tact and respect to the lives, emotions, livelihood, and people involved. I am not a person of color, I am in zero […]
Read moreDon’t make the mistake of getting burned by the people you allow into your life only to be used, abused, and taken advantage of over and over again. A lot of times, they don’t even make an SPF strong enough for the ensuing raging inferno and damaging rays the people in your life can exude. […]
Read moreThey say that comparison is the thief of all joy, and lately I have been seeing firsthand the reality of that sentiment. No matter how good things can be going for me, I’ll catch a blip of someone else’s social media, and I find myself mourning the lack of something I didn’t even know I […]
Read moreBe patient with yourself; be kind, and nurturing, and understanding. We are all processing this current pandemic in a multitude of ways, and everyone right now is suffering from a variety of losses, from personal, professional, educational and recreational. There is no right or wrong way to grieve the missed dances, graduations, weddings, and competitions, […]
Read moreOxygen, water, food, shelter and companionship? Do humans really need human interaction to survive just as resolutely as we need food and water? According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we do. There is a reason solitary confinement in the prisons is used as a form of punishment. There’s a reason Tom Hank’s character in Castaway […]
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