Category: Inspiration

Looking Back Never Felt So Good

Today is a nostalgic one for me. April 5, 2021 marks eight years since the release of my second book, Hindsight 20/20, the launch of my publishing company, 7th Sign Publishing and now one year since the anniversary edition re-release of Hindsight 20/20. Poems like “Appetizer”, “Tattoo”, “Standing On Your Shoulders”, and “Detox” are some […]

The Seven Days of Christmas

We have (almost) made it through this turbulent year. Hopefully, you are enjoying safe, socially-distant holiday cheer with the ones you love as you read this post. As you may already know, I recently set myself up to be a gluten for punishment – releasing two books at once! Nevertheless, I’m proud to share these […]

Stop Waiting for the Apology You’re Never Gonna Get

It’s amazing to me how people will literally hold on to grudges for years just to prove a point. At times, I have been “people”. I’m still a work in progress. Last week I ran across an interview with Dawn Robinson, one of the founding members of En Vogue. Chances are, if you’re under 30, […]

Thank You for Nine Years of Peauxetic Expressions

July 4th is always a nostalgic day for me. Of course, it’s a national holiday but it goes much deeper than that. Although 2020 has ushered in a different type of aura around the 4th of July than we all expected, I’m still grateful for the celebration. Nine years ago today, I launched this very […]

10,000 More Steps To….

I don’t think anyone could have predicted we’d be where we are now in 2020. Aside from a few inevitable road bumps along the way, I thought everything would be bigger, bolder, and more profitable. Sometimes the answers to our most fervent prayers come in the most unusual packages. Today, I finished up my new […]

The Tale of A Lonely Two

Yesterday, I heard a clip of an interview from the actress Nicole Ari Parker. For those of you who may not know, she is married to actor Boris Kodjoe. The couple has been married for 15 years. Fast forward back to this week, when Nicole stated how she misses the excitement of the single life. […]

Love Isn’t Blind….We’re Just Blind to the Bull@#$!

Spoiler alert: If you plan on watching the Netflix series, Love Is Blind, but haven’t seen it yet, proceed with caution. First, I was suckered in by the influencer reality show, The Circle, on Netflix. Then came Love Is Blind. The premise of the show is several men and women get to potentially meet the […]

2020 Vision with Intention (My Resolution)

Oh, joy. It’s that time of year again. New year’s resolutions will begin flooding my timeline. All the grandiose 2020 goals are surefire this year because…well, it’s 2020. At least that’s what everyone will have you think. If you’ve followed my blog for a long time, you know I’m not a huge fan of new […]

Who Knew It Was Only for One Night?

This time last year, I had just finished wrapping up a novel. My plan was to release it at the beginning of 2020. My creativity for writing was off the charts at that time. I was about to release the hardest book I had ever written, Eleven: Things We Never Said. Plus, the third installment […]

Hot Boy Summer……Forever

The photo above was taken about 5 years ago. I wasn’t in my 30s yet. Oh, I was also 20 lbs smaller than I am now. I laugh every time I see it, because my trainer at the time used to always say, “get your stomach out your shirt!” On this particular day, I reached […]