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There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable.
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun

CARING IN AN UNFRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT: II

Take a deep breath with me. That’s what we all have in common. I cannot breathe for you But the passion in myself compels me to try.

Aug 20, 20241 min read

Movements are built by people The best ones come from the best teams While passion has built moments and motivated the ones Behind...

Aug 20, 20241 min read

A higher form of self-loathing Yet another argument about the dishes. I knew it wasn’t about the dishes, and he did not. How many times...

Dec 5, 20222 min read

WRITING, EDITING AND QUOTES It’s been 3 years since the ITC fire in Deer Park, TX – Writer, Air Alliance Houston, March 2022 ‘Too...

Jun 28, 20222 min read

My friend Jill (not real name), of almost 10 years, was one of my fiercest defenders. To my face. But she separated who I was to her with...

Jun 28, 20223 min read

My grandfather passed away in July of 2020. Not of COVID, but of COPD which he developed after years of smoking. In 2019 his condition...

Jun 19, 20222 min read

From 1967 to 1970, Biafra- the Igbo portion of Nigeria - seceded and was attacked by the remaining country led by, then, Pres. Gowon.

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Their world is grey. Grey skies, grey lives and grey tv screens. In order to see me they put on their grey screeners and tell me that I...

May 6, 20222 min read

Boca Santa is a Mexican restaurant located in the Bedford-Stuveysant neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is owned and operated by one...

Dec 1, 20203 min read

Eric Garner - John Crawford III - Michael Brown - Ezell Ford Dante Parker - Michelle Cusseaux - Laquan McDonald - George Mann - Tanisha...

Jun 2, 20202 min read

She walked out Her voice said she’d be back in an hour, I couldn’t wait that long. She had to know I loved her… I think she kept...

Jan 14, 20201 min read

I arrived at about 3:45 after getting out of a class. I assumed that a panel on the unmarked remains of convicts threatened by a school...

Mar 7, 20192 min read

Some of my favorite days have started with an early morning cup of coffee. Meeting up with a friend who I never get to see due to school...

Mar 7, 20191 min read