Why gratitude matters.
I hope you have someone in your life who not only sees you for what you are, but sees you for who you can become.
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Be like me, but not.
I’m a writer because of my mom. She gave me my first journal and she is the one that told me to write stories. However, more than once, my aunts have mentioned with a weighted undertone, “Your mother is the real writer in the family.”
How to Find the Love of it All
If you are feeling alone and/or curmudgey today, honor and acknowledge that feeling and then pivot your feelings to something else. Go find some love.
How to not look (and feel) broke ass
So. We moved. I haven’t been able to write about it because honestly, my identity has been so wrapped upContinue Reading
Writing While Black
I promised myself I’d commemorate Black History Month. It’s the last day, and I’m late. (But, can I really beContinue Reading
Do you have what it takes to dance? (Yes!)
This past month, my friend Eva stayed with us in LA…to dance. Her trip was over three years in theContinue Reading
Looking for love? Renovate!
I have so much to tell you and I’m feeling overwhelmed, so I’m just going to start where I am.Continue Reading
When being brave shows us the way.
Last month I presented the first Be Your Own Bettie (BYOB) workshop of 2019. Ten years ago, I was sitting with aContinue Reading
Pen and Peppur 