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Unnoticed but great

My husband and I were watching the TV show Billions today. It was a particularly funny part and I turned to him and asked, “What is his name?” He shrugged, “I don’t remember.” He, in this case, was Bobby Axelrod’s Chief Operating Officer who, in my opinion, was many things
Posted June 1, 2020
4 mins read
Family

Beyond Imagination

You know how we often say to each other as encouragement that one day we will look back at the giants we face today, and smile because we slayed them? That is how I feel about this post today. One thing I want you to NEVER forget after you read
Posted May 28, 2020
5 mins read
Daily Living

The first step

A few days to my last birthday I was inspired to do something different. I wrote a letter to my younger self. I was curious to hear what this version of me had to say to the younger version. What started as a simple activity ended with my mind going
Posted May 21, 2020
3 mins read
Daily Living

Just the way you are

We’ve all been there. You meet someone, the sparks fly. Everything is going perfect, then one day you make a misstep and you feel awful. As you reconcile your differences, you hear those golden words, “Don’t beat yourself up about this, I love you just the way you are…” You feel
Posted May 14, 2020
3 mins read
Daily Living

finding-peace-beyond-social-media

Social media came with a lot of benefits. In my own life for example, the vast world of social media made it possible for me to link up with people I may never have met in decades. Some of them, I still haven’t physically met a decade after we linked
Posted May 8, 2020
3 mins read
Family

Suddenly, quickly, without warning…

I got down on my knees, in that instant I knew I was not going to let this happen ever again. I made up my mind that whatever areas of ignorance I had walked in that allowed me lose my babies; I was going to deal with them. I was going
Posted May 7, 2020
11 mins read
Family

There were still two…

Two of my friends Nkiru and Omar, who lived in the United States, had just had babies. They had both had twins. Super excited for them I whipped out my card and bought gifts online to be delivered to the babies. Nothing lavish, just toys I knew would make the babies
Posted May 6, 2020
8 mins read
Family

First there were two…

I remember the day clearly; it was just a normal day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing. Everything seemed normal, so nothing prepared me for what I was about to be told that day. As I left for work, I cheerily reminded my husband that we had an
Posted May 6, 2020
7 mins read