The Chosen Black Sheep

07/20/2024

I am pretty sure my friend's child is a future poet. She's 3.
Her: Aliyah, my Daddy is my best friend.
Me: Is that so?
Her: Yes. He's my breath.
Me: Happy tears in my eyes

07/05/2024

Praise God! He just answered a prayer I have been praying for months. I am beyond blessed and so grateful to the most High. Yes, people. He's still in the prayer answering business!

06/24/2024

06/21/2024

It's a good day for change. I am starting with me!

06/19/2024

My mother told me the story of her great (I don't know how many greats) grandmother hiding in the kitchen underneath her enslaved mother's skirt as a white man on a horse announced to all on the Texas plantation that they were no longer slaves. Cries of "We's free!" rang out and were heard by this scared child.
As we celebrate our ancestors and the end of such a dark history in our nation on this Juneteenth, let's try to also honor them by freeing ourselves.
Let's free ourselves of fear that keeps us from making changes that could ultimately benefit our lives and the lives of those we love. Let's free ourselves from old ways of thinking by challenging any viewpoints that block us from being better people than we were yesterday. Let's free ourselves from relationships that have outlived their purpose in our lives. We's free!

06/17/2024

I asked for prayers a few months ago. I am happy to announce He's still in the prayer answering business. Thank you.

06/15/2024

Never judge your insides by someone else's outsides. Sometimes, people choose to suffer in silence.

06/15/2024

For the longest time, my dad would call and wish me a happy Father's Day because I was parenting alone.
Fathers, it's never too late to try and repair the damage your absence has done. It's never too late to love the children you helped create. Turn the word "father" into a verb.

06/14/2024

I am in my "I Choose Me" era.

06/14/2024

I am amazed whenever I see God moving in my life. Let me explain. I used to wonder where God was. Then I thought there was no God. Now, I know He's real and see He's been here all along.
Yesterday, I reached out to a few people, but nothing came of it. God told me to speak to a woman I barely knew. Instantly, my prayers were answered because I listened.
When He speaks, I move. I am truly blessed.

06/13/2024

I no longer judge my former self based on my present self. The woman I am today developed because of my previous bad choices, mistakes, and unfortunate circumstances. It's called growth.