I’m good and bad at hiding my emotions. If I’m angry, you will know it. I stop talking. I disengage. I block. I put up walls. I won’t raise my voice, but you will hear everything I’m saying through my silence. (The queen of shade, Naomi Campbell) If I don’t like you, you will also know it. I will ...
Stay In Your Lane
This morning I was on my way to work when a driver in another lane nearly sideswiped my car. Thankfully, I’m a quick thinker. I grabbed control of my wheel, steadied the car and did everything in my power not to careen into a nearby tree. After whispering a thank you to the Heavens for sparing my ...
Sometimes You’re Not A Boss. You’re A Worker.
I’m going to make this quick. I hear so many people claiming to be a boss. “I’m a boss”, “I make boss moves”, “I’m a boss chick.” Frankly, I’m bossed out. There’s nothing wrong with aspirations. Nothing wrong with thinking of yourself in a positive light. But, are your pronouncements in line with ...
It’s A No For Me, Dawg
There’s an old saying that if you have nothing nice to say, you should say nothing at all. But what do you do when you have nothing nice to say, don’t want to say anything, but someone insists you say something anyway? It never ceases to amaze me how people with some of the worst reputations ...
The Hardest Thing I’ve Had To Do
I’ve decided to put my 15-year-old dog, Tinkerbell to sleep. It is by far the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life. Two years ago, her doctor told me that her bone cancer was getting worse and that, if I was lucky, she would get another year or two. He was right. The cancer has ...
