You know, I still remember the first time I discovered Dr. Maya Angelou. I was a little girl; a sixth-grader, wandering the aisles in the Edward L. Bouie Sr. Traditional Theme School library. Poetry and I had recently began to get know each other and I came across a random book of poems written by African-American authors. […]

On multiple occasions this past week and weekend, conversations surrounding one of my favorite passages in the Bible, Proverbs 31:10-30, also known as the “Virtuous Woman” passage were had. While many different points were made, one of the phrases that stuck out to me…something I constantly kept hearing myself agree with and say over and over […]

Dear Mommy, Thank you. There are many times where I try to verbalize just how much I love and appreciate you, but most days, all I can come up with is…Thank you. You have singlehandedly shown me what it means to be a woman of God. Seriously, I’ve never met a woman so strong and […]

The journey as an undergrad at Prairie View A&M University has been anything but easy. I left Atlanta as a freshly minted high school graduate in 2009, ready for “the college life.” Watching Sachel at UGA and seeing what she was experiencing, I had so many hopes and dreams about what memories I was going […]

This past weekend, I ran in one of my FAVORITE 5Ks EVER: The Color Me Rad 5K! This was my second time running in the race and OH EM GEE, did I have fun! Running a little over 3 miles (which trust me, is NOT as bad as it sounds), you literally run and along […]