We All Matter
I remember the first time I learned about hate. I was about 8 or 9 years old. It was a sticky hot summer night at Pop Warner cheer practice I overheard a few girls…
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Who Are You?
“Go inside and listen to your body, because your body will never lie to you. Your mind will play tricks, but the way you feel in your heart, in your guts, is…
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To My Former Friend
When I was in grade 8, my two “BFFs” (although we didn’t have that term back then) jointly decided to unfriend me. Moreover they decided to do it publically. And as so…
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Developing “A No Place Like Home” Viewpoint
“There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home…” Many will instantly recognize the wishful sentence that Dorothy voiced while tapping her glittery, red-clad heels in order to depart from the…
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On Being Black
It’s a very interesting world that we live in. As a creative, I love color. I see the beauty in this world that was created by a God who also sees in…
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Honouring the Gift of Sensitivity
As a child, I was called crybaby a lot, by my peers as well as the adults around me. Looking back it feels like it happened at least once a day, but…
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Lost and Found – How to find yourself when you’ve lost your way
Life used to be linear — at least it seems that way now. When I look back at the generations that came before — even if all else failed, you could follow…
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Platitudes and Patterns
Be present in the moment. Don’t look too far ahead or too far behind you. Your time is now. You know what all of these phrases have in common? They’re all platitudes….
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Getting Unstuck
I’m relatively sure at this point in my 32 years of life that the most uncomfortable place you can possibly be is any time in life you find yourself feeling stuck. Trapped….
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Charleston, 9:05 p.m.
9:05 pm. That is the time last Wednesday night when a racist decided to open fire in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church killing 9 people and shattering a community and a…
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