Perfect Shmerfect: the Path to Success
I should have stopped her at “perfect.” It was arts and crafts time at Vacation Bible School and I was demonstrating how to construct an origami boat. I followed the picture guide in front of me as the kids and…
The Lengthy Ordeal of Letting Go
Letting go can be the hardest thing to do, when you truly care about someone. Monday night I was reminded just how hard it can be. I was watching Atlanta Exes, intrigued by this cast of women who were willing…
Fruitvale, Ferguson & Other Things I Can No Longer Avoid
A couple of weeks ago, I finally mustered up the courage to watch Fruitvale Station. I was interested in the movie when it was released in 2013, but I knew its tragic ending in advance and, considering the way my…
Writer Problems: Getting Naked on the Page
“It’s so hard to get naked on the page…. You must be naked. You must understand that clothes are the illusion, and your readers are naked too. Humans are at war with themselves. Once you can accept this, your own wars…
For Girls Who Have Embraced Optimism When the Facts are Unfavorable
Nina: “Sometimes I just wonder if I’m going too far with you.” Darius: “There is no such place. This is a destiny type thing, babe.” Sometime during happy hour today –probably at the point when the margaritas turned up the volume on…
Try a Little Tenderness
“Sheryl, I’m not your enemy.” She likely mentioned my bad attitude several times before that, but her choice of words then, in the check-out line at the grocery store, made me stop and take serious inventory of the way I…
Teach Me How to Love
I am not one of those women who started planning her wedding at age five. Despite my hopeless romantic status, I have not prematurely chosen wedding colors, a venue, or even a dress style. Yet I have always had an…
