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Fade

He asked me a question and for the life of me, I just couldn't remember the answer. We literally spoke about whatever it was a half hour ago and I expected to hear him suck his teeth, a norm when he found himself exasperated with my absentmindedness. But instead he sighed and wrapped his arm around ... VIEW POST

Handling Loss, Difficult Moments, and Disappointments

How do you handle loss, difficult moments and disappointment?  Do you shut down and play dead?  Do you go off?  Do you spend money, over eat, drink, etc?  I recently realized how I'm dealing with crisis differently than I used to.  It took a series of crises to get me to a different point.  A set of ... VIEW POST

Gifts For You: The Three E’s of Personal Blogging Worksheet

Tyece and I had the opportunity to present our first workshop (The Three E’s of Personal Blogging: Explore, Exploit, Evolve: Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch At Any Stage Of Your Blogging Journey) at the 2015 DC Blogger's Week UnConference, a collaborative effort aiming to help bloggers – ... VIEW POST

Thoughts On Blogging: I Didn’t Do This To Be Liked

I stood on line for a Greyhound bus at Port Authority for an hour and thirty minutes before boarding and squeezed myself into a window seat in utter frustration. I should've been happy that I was en route to Washington D.C. for my second blogger's conference – the first where I would be speaking and ... VIEW POST

Twenty-Seven: When It Comes To Purpose, You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide – A Birthday Post

I attended Demetria Lucas' Cocktails with Belle event a few weeks ago in Midtown Manhattan and found myself overwhelmed ten minutes into the event. I was alone, with no plus one or arm candy like many of the other attendees that flooded The Chester, off Park Avenue. I ate at a candle-lit table by ... VIEW POST