“You can’t make all of the people happy all of the time.” I remind myself of that everyday.  I know we (especially women of color) walk around trying to convince ourselves that we “don’t care what nobody thinks”, but is that really true?  If it were, we wouldn’t spend so much time trying to perfect ourselves.  I’m not saying that our desire to be better isn’t self motivated, but there is a...

I know… I have been pretty silent about my relationship (or the makings of my relationship) with Cullen.  Honestly, I sat down a few times to write, but could not find the words to express how I was feeling or what was going on between us.  Ironically, there is SO much going on and I have an abundance of emotions that I could speak to.  So why the silence?  Well last night while I was talking to him on the phone it came to me.  I am...

o, I told you before that I had been on a date or two with Cullen and for one reason or another we just weren’t clicking. For the life of me I couldn’t understand why… Our conversations were great, but I didn’t laugh much. He was very intelligent. PAUSE ~ I think intelligence is SO sexy and honestly, I was somewhat intimidated by his ability to educate me on a few things. Seriously, when I think of the man I want in my...

Happy Valentine’s Day folks! I received a phone call at 7:30 this morning from a ‘man-friend’ who wanted to wish me a wonderful day and expressed that while Valentine’s Day is a day for ‘lovers’ to celebrate their love and we are not quite there YET, he is looking forward to the possibility of our Valentine’s Day next year; A day on which we just might celebrate our unequivocal love for one another....

Happy Valentine’s Day folks!  I received a phone call at 7:30 this morning from a ‘man-friend’ who wanted to wish me a wonderful day and expressed that while Valentine’s Day is a day for ‘lovers’ to celebrate their love and we are not quite there YET, he is looking forward to the possibility of our Valentine’s Day next year; A day on which we just might celebrate our unequivocal love for one another. ...