Two weeks had gone by before I thought of something new to write; before I even considered the need to write. Titles came to mind but content didn't come out. So instead of living to write, I've just been living. I've been experiencing. I've been absorbing, all the beauty, destruction and lessons that have been surrounding my life and this country. I've taken...

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I laid crying in the arms of a black man this morning. A black man whose existence I'm worried about being snatched away from him like the 114 others this year, alone. A number I'm sure may increase by the time I finish this post, because that's how frequently this is happening. I cried thinking about his well-being, along with the well-being of...

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"I love you too much for you to do that" is all that was said to keep me on this earth. It's what was said to make me reconsider, admittedly, the biggest mistake I could have ever made. To wrap my hair and go to sleep early, instead of overdosing on the pills that sat on my desk or placing a pillow over...

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