I was never going to be here. I was not going to get married. I was not going to be engaged. I was not going to have a boyfriend. I was not even going to date anyone. These decisions were made early in my adulthood, shortly after the birth of my daughter. I made them … Read more
Why is everything in my life so exasperatingly difficult? I bemoaned as I stood on the streetcorner by the university, waiting to cross the intersection. I envied the drivers whizzing by whileI walked two miles to pick up my seven-month-old daughter from the sitter’s house. I can’t even afford to take the city bus, I … Read more
As an island girl (read more about my story here), one of my favorite forms of relaxation is sitting in direct sunlight. I love the sun’s rays on my face. I love the warmth that permeates to my insides. I love feeling like I’m in the Caribbean no matter where … Read more
(That’s me pictured above!) Yay!!!!! It’s less than a week away! The release of my first book. The publication of my memoir entitledDivine Reversal. As I have read and reviewed the page proofs over the past few weeks, I have revisited my story again and again. My emotions have run the gamut, but … Read more
I wish I could say that I awoke this morning with a song in my heart. Or a spring in my step.
Cinderella. Beauty and the Beast. A Christmas Carol. These are stories I never tire of hearing. What enchants my heart, time after time, is the possibility of radical transformation:
