“You know when I woke up today, of all the things I thought I'd be doing, faking a healing was not on my to-do list. And yet, here I was doing exactly that. “

“I knew that I could make a difference in the world, one bold stroke at a time.”

“Rather than what I’ve accomplished and the skills I put on my resume that change in value depending on external factors, I’ve possessed an understanding that the person I am beneath all of that is actually what’s worth putting at the forefront. “

“I cannot run forever. Sometimes, just sometimes, I have to face the things that I am running from, without fear, and that will free me from them.”

“My google search told me that when a wound heals, the new skin is only 80% as strong. This means it’s more vulnerable to being broken open again.”

“Taking that leap to cut my hair showed me more of myself to accept and hold onto rather than want anyone else to do it for me.”

“Some may think that this is the kind of essay that only ugly women write.”

“I’ve begun to appreciate acts of love and moments of pure connection as they happen.”

“If I don’t take the time to fully see myself for who I am, how can I expect someone else to do so?”

“I followed and trusted the words of the Sunset—my guide and subconscious voice: the Holy Spirit. This allowed me to discern that things will not fail for me unless I let them; mindset is everything.”

What could go wrong when watching Pink Panther?

I had a voice in me that kept telling me to go on… Was that God?

Though I am a mother, I am an individual who believes that motherhood should not strip away your identity; it also should not stop your internal and external growth, success, and fun.

Good things can and will happen to you.

Feel empowered in your own skin.

In my sunflower state of mind, there was peace, there was time and there was me.

“Closing her eyes and beginning to run her right fingers through the strings playing the tune of her soul, she softened.”

The most important search of my life…

Musings on African identity: to mixed children, my thoughts go out to you as you would feel quite like me.