"I wouldn't be a good friend if I didn't say this...The reality is we're lazy." A weekend girl chat turned into a therapy and truth-telling session. The "we" was our group of friend who talked until we were blue in the face about aspirations outside of our careers. For me, the action was either fluctuating or stalled altogether. As a writer, I'm often deciding what ideas ... Read More

“Babe, are you almost ready? We’re gonna mess around and be late.” “Yeah, give me five minutes,” I hollered from the bathroom. “You said that 15 minutes ago.” “You know beauty like this takes time. Better to be late than ugly!” I could tell he was walking down the hall into the great room. His voice got more faint with every step. “Girl, you know your pretty ass ... Read More

Note: This post is best read with Kanye’s “I Wonder” playing in the background “I’ve been waitin’ on this my whole life/These dreams be wakin’ me up at night” On Friday, I wrote the words I’d been dreaming of writing since I was a young girl. I told the world (or my little piece of it) that my writing is featured in the September issue of ESSENCE Magazine. “Selfie ... Read More