Faith & Encouragement

I was recently sitting on my couch watching Michelle Obama’s Becoming and I found myself smiling, crying and laughing . . . and it felt good. It felt good to express my emotions- unhinged and uninhibited.  I needed that expression because seeing your black and brown community dying left and right without justice is heavy. I have sat and met…

It was 2016 and I was at a friend’s house for dinner on Resurrection Sunday when one of the more mature women amongst us struck up a conversation about dating and relationships. We were standing around in the kitchen, eager to eat and indulge in some of our holiday favorites ( my mind was focused on the peach cobbler because,…

Enjoy this post from guest writer, Lauren Hall The past 6 years of my life have been marked with unexpected events. An unexpected death, an unexpected diagnosis, and now, an unexpected job loss. This is not to imply that my life hasn’t also been met with surprising events that were rosy, but the past 6 years have been influenced by…

I’m hungry.  No wait, I’m thirsty.  Nope, nope, I’m definitely hungry.  Should I bake another cake?  When was the last time I washed these pants?   Should I put on a bra today?  I wonder what my co-workers would do if I joined the zoom call in my bonnet and with my glasses on?  What day is it?  How long have…

Woah.  This week has been an emotional doozy.   While I enjoy being in my own space and spending time by myself (I’ve been told I’m an extrovert who moonlights as an introvert), it was hard being by myself as the impact of COVID-19 came closer to home than I imagined.  Every industry is impacted in one way or another and…

Dear Future Me, Hey Sis, heeeeyyyy! (I said that with a body roll.) It’s March 2020 and it feels like it should be December already because the year has been off to a tough start for most of the world. We’re currently in lockdown mode in the Bay Area. Gap Inc. has closed all of its stores along with most…

Being a woman is hard. There are so many sides to our lives and so many layers to our stories. From the mother of three to the single woman; to the career professional to the stay at home mom; to the entrepreneur to the activist- and to all the overlapping in between. They are all paving the way for the…

Society would have you believe that there are only two types of women in this world: the good girl and the bad girl. We see it portrayed time and time again in movies, books and other forms of entertainment. The good girl is the virgin wearing white who dresses modestly and has a sheepish, almost childlike demeanor while the bad…

We’re already one month into the year and quite frankly, January might need a do-over. Everyone is on some new year, new me and showing these grand plans for 2020. But can I keep it real, real with you? This year is feeling more like “new year, same me.” While my social media news is full of people talking about…

It’s December. It’s my birthday month, the last month of the year and the last month of this decade. Like many people, I look back over the year and celebrate the amazing moments, display gratefulness that I get to see another year and begin pondering about the year to come. I was blessed to have a year of firsts: first…