HOW “LEMONADE” SAVED MY MARRIAGE
Ultimately, I have chosen to accept my husband and our marriage with all their flaws. To make lemonade from this sour yellow lemon.
As I write this, my husband and I are in the middle of what is proving to be the hardest time in our…
HOW “LEMONADE” SAVED MY MARRIAGE
Ultimately, I have chosen to accept my husband and our marriage with all their flaws. To make lemonade from this sour yellow lemon.
As I write this, my husband and I are in the middle of what is proving to be the hardest time in our 11…
I’ll start with “how are you?”.How are you today? Are you feeling happy? Sad? Tired? Angry even? Many of us will reply with “I’m fine”. But what does that mean? It’s become such as stoic expression that hides how we really feel. Being a person with mental…
I Tried to Kill Myself …
*This post is going to contain mentions of suicide and self-harm.
The first time I tried to kill myself I was 16. It was a couple of weeks into sixth form, and I remember it like it was yesterday.
I had spent the first few days of sixth form in a…
“This decade left its mark: scars that run deep, flashbacks and fears that are never far from the surface.”
I spent the first ten years of my adult life living with the crushing weight of depression bearing down on me constantly. This weight stunted my…
When I was younger, I dreamed I would be a big-time business woman (entrepreneur). My parents bought me a “My First Corporate Executive” set from the JcPenney Christmas catalog, and I would play with my briefcase, Rolodex, checkbook, planner, business cards, cell…
January 2016… I went to the Doctor after 1 year and a half of extreme muscle and joint pain. A couple of weeks after having my exam I was diagnosed with Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder (A lupus like), auto-immune disease that causes extreme muscle weakness…
To My Strong Black Women:
I love women. I respect and admire them to the fullest of my capacity. That goes for all women, no matter the race or creed, and yet I’m a bit biased towards my African American women. To me, there are few things more beautiful than a…
“Sometimes I can be my worse critic, pointing out my imperfections, keeping myself bound by the lessons of my past, re-living the hurtful thoughts of my memories, being unforgiving to myself for making the wrong decisions, to others who have hurt me, or simply just not…