I come from a line of strong women. I have made connections and friendships with strong women who became part of my family as well. This blog post is a salute to all of them. My mama is the strongest woman I know. She has made so many sacrifices for me and taught me exactly
Category: Mama
My church did something cool for Mother’s Day. As part of virtual service tomorrow: they asked us all to video what we loved about our Mama’s in 10 seconds or less. Y’all I tried to put my feelings about my mama in 10 seconds or less, but I quickly discovered I couldn’t. She deserves so
Garth Brooks is the recipient of the Gershwin Prize for popular song tonight. Such an honor is beyond well deserved. My childhood had two anchors music artist wise: Billy Joel and Garth. Mama bought a tape of his album The Hits when I was in elementary school. I had my school chorus audition before school
I’m going to break this list down by genre. Some artists might belong in multiple genres, but will only be listed once. The genres will be listed in alphabetical order. My mama and Granny were and are huge influences on my musical tastes. They shared their favorite artists with me and gave me the freedom
When I was a high school freshmen: I had a stalker. He was a senior. He was a big guy. I am petite. He rode my bus because he had his own condition. He was quite scary. He would show up everywhere I was it seemed. A lot of girls my age would be flattered
In honor of International Women’s Day: I want to talk about the women in my life who help and expect me to thrive. Mama: my mama is my champion and friend. She is my warrior. She also has no time for excuses from me. She raised me to love God, and everyone else. She taught
The day I turned 17: nobody I invited showed up to celebrate. After it became apparent I had been stood up, on my birthday, by people who claimed to be my friends: I cried pretty hard. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would do such a terrible thing to someone they claimed was a friend. When
I had my recheck appointment for the awful sinus infection I’ve been fighting that went untreated for months. It was another disastrous doctor’s appointment. The staff forgot why I was there. I’m here because I was asked to come in for a follow-up. “Oh.” The doctor comes in asking about my diagnosis. This is not
If you read my blog regularly: you know music is a very big part of how I thrive. I like every possible genre of music there is. You’ll find everything on my iPod. I leave it on shuffle, so I get all my favorite music mixed up. However, I do have a list of very
I’ve been bullied, due to my condition, my entire life. I’ve heard words no one should have said to them…EVER. Is it fair? Absolutely NOT. Is it right? No. Sometimes, experiences make me sob. Sometimes, they make me introspective. Every now and then: experiences make me angry. When I was 17: A few teachers got