I’m not here to diminish your struggle. I’m not here to tell you that what you’re going through is easier than you think it is. I’m not here to invalidate your suffering. You’ve felt the weight of rock bottom. You know it is the lowest, most unforgiving place. It is arid and lonely. It’s polluted ...
Hot Tea & Humble Pie
I prayed a powerful prayer that Wednesday night. I needed God to raise me up from my stagnant place. I needed Him to shake up my life so that I could move on to His next steps for me. I was stuck, not using my skills, not living up to my standards and feeling tortured by my position. Two days later, ...
More Than Skin & Structure
Her signature on the back of her member's card caught my attention and slowed my smooth process of scanning and stacking. Patricia. She noticed the pause in my rhythm and asked, with her eyes, what my deal was. I could have told her that my full time job wears me out so by the time I come to work at ...
It’s My Body, I Do What I Want
My feelings fluctuate between amusement and annoyance at the responses I get when people find out about my sex life...or lack thereof. Some people are mourners. "A virgin?" they repeat solemnly. This "they" is usually a male who was, up until this point, interested in "getting to know me better." ...
Sweet Bit: September
Wordsmith, Comma Queen, Child of God who needed a serious break. I know, I know, I was supposed to be gone for the month of September and come back all rejuvenated and ready to write. I’ll spare you the details of my mess, but, between a painful secret being revealed (…to everyone!), to getting a ...
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