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HomeGrown

At the risk of sounding pretentious, elitist, ethnocentric, bougie or a combination of the aforementioned, I’m gonna say this: I don’t want my kids growing up in America.  I come from a large family and I have four brothers and a sister. I’m the youngest, since my youngest sibling passed, and everyone else is considerably older. Because of this, I’m an aunt to quite a few children, and almost all are US born. US born is never...

Ashes

I loved and I lost, oh how I cried when my heart broke.... In those few words lie my whole story, the story of how I loved, smiled, and eventually lost. I sit here tossing a quarter up and down, trying to make up my mind about how to tell you this story. Flip, toss, truth ? Flip, toss, lie ? , flip, toss, truth... I've decided to tell truth and there is no going back,...

Thoughts...

Those of you who follow me on Instagram know I've had a busy week, I was due some vacation time at work so I took time off to visit a few states whilst en-route  to support my friend in Boston MA. Like i said, it's been a busy week. Any ways, I'm flying back home and having a moment of reflection thousands of feet up in the air. I mean why now ? It's definitely...

Need vs Want

     One of my lecturers in college once told me that a child's character is formed by the age of two, anything that happens afterwards is just building up on the foundation. I don't know how true this is but I remember telling me myself that it was implausible. Times change, things change, people change.  I don't know about the rest of you out there,...

The lucky Ones

We all know a lucky one, growing up it was that kid that never seemed to try but was great at all the games you played. In school it was that student that you never saw with a textbook, who skipped class as much as anyone and yet always came first in exams. It's that dude at your office that never does any work yet is your boss's favorite. They are those for whom things just work. Thinking about it, it seems sort of unfair. Why do some of some us...

Genesis....

Another old one ..... Growing up where i did taught me not a few lessons Surviving everyday of a young life's sessions Through it all, i held unto my dreams tight Though i was still learning to distinguish wrong from right As to some of the things I've seen , I imagine I've done worse just to feel free From classrooms where the lights were dim To friends who were not what they seemed From girls i thought i loved To girls who were easy to be...