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Foreboding

Celeste felt uncomfortable about what might unfold that day. Though earlier she had felt particularly at peace in her emotions and thoughts, she now felt a slight bubbling just under … Continue Reading →


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Midlife Crisis

I am working in Corporate America because as an adolescent I saw a businessman climb the corporate ladder and become very “successful”-money, corporate cars, travel, title, power. I saw this … Continue Reading →


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The Bells

Bells ringing, clanging, cleansing. On Sunday, church service was held at Mother Emanuel AME in Charleston South Carolina only four days after Dylann Roof allegedly killed nine Bible study participants. … Continue Reading →


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“What you do speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you say.”

Have you ever discounted someone or their opinion because of a past experience you had with him? I have. And sometimes I’m not even doing it consciously. An email comes … Continue Reading →


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Undying Dreams

Nothing is coincidental – from my seemingly instant instinctual drive to move to a French-speaking country, to the animals that litter my path (both living and dead), to the unrewarding … Continue Reading →


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Evolution

At the beginning of the fall semester of my junior year in college there was an incoming freshman who struck me as being very poised; so much so, that almost … Continue Reading →


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Inheritance

I am my mother’s daughter. I am my father’s child. No longer do I resist this fate, Though I had for quite a while.   Forging my own identity In … Continue Reading →


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Serendipity

Curiosity killed the cat; satisfaction brought it back. Perhaps in another lifetime I was a cat for I am very curious and love to learn and understand things. This can … Continue Reading →


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Leaps and Bounds

Rabbits, I’ve been told, mean fear. When I come across them on my morning walks everything in their actions reinforces this. They immediately freeze and as I move in their … Continue Reading →


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Touching People

“If I could do anything between now and the end of the year, what would it be?” As I walked the treadmill this morning, I pondered this question that was … Continue Reading →


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