Circus of Words

A s I take a break from installing mini-twists (and question my sanity for ever beginning), I thought it would only be natural to end Black ...

E very Sunday my Twitter and Facebook feeds all say the same thing. Everybody feels the need to tell the world they went to church and post...

The final part of my expression of black history month. Part 1 is an expression of me when I was really young (roughly birth through middle ...

II. Enlightened But my roots run deep Twisting and turning, Entangled in the lost legacy… She told me to rise          Because ...

Every year during Black History Month I reflect: on well-known people, the forgotten heroes, the unsung heroes. I reflect on my own experien...

P eople often give me the funniest looks when the word "virgin" comes out of my mouth. I realize we live in a society where peopl...

I've never been a fan of history classes, but for some reason, I find history itself very interesting. It's all in the way you tell...

A long time ago--or at least a lot of conversations ago--someone asked me to write a poem for them. I can write poems on demand, but they us...

E arlier, I wrote a post about the difference in being spiritual and being religious. I took the post down before I publicized the blog bec...

S o I asked a friend to read the last post because I wasn't sure I was saying what I was feeling (or rather it read the way I was feelin...

Y ou ever notice how when something happens, certain people jump to a whole different tirade went venting? Example. You're stuck in a tr...

You want me to be strong To stand up tall        even when I'm wounded To hold back the tears        even when I've been shot T...

I t's nice when everything just kinda falls in place. But it doesn't happen like that often (not for me at least). I'm always o...

J esus is the reason for the season. As a child, Christmas = presents. Sure I did the Christmas play at church and said my speech. But I l...

My mother started reading to me when I was still in the womb. Once I was born, her commitment to reading to me grew. My mom introduced me ...