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I Didn’t Know I was Black, Until I Came to America
10 years ago

I Didn’t Know I was Black, Until I Came to America

I recently said to a friend, not realizing the gravity and the truth in my words. My current existence seems completely entangled in blackness, yet there was once a time …
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I Tried NuvaRing Because I’m Too Grown To Be Crying About Menstrual Misery
10 years ago

I Tried NuvaRing Because I’m Too Grown To Be Crying About Menstrual Misery

After years, 18 long years, to be exact, of suffering from major menstrual cramps, I had become fed up with the nonsense. I was tired of the menstrual misery-groaning throughout …
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If Not Now, Then When?
10 years ago

If Not Now, Then When?

On my sixteenth birthday, I pulled out a pen and the cleanest piece of paper I could find and I penned a bulleted list titled, “Things to Accomplish by 18″. …
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Yes, I Chopped Off All Of My Hair. No, I Don’t Care What You Think.
10 years ago

Yes, I Chopped Off All Of My Hair. No, I Don’t Care What You Think.

Today I am so grateful because I have reached a new level of self-love. Now, to some this may seem trivial and mediocre, minute to say the least. But for …
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Why Cohabitation Ain’t For Me
10 years ago

Why Cohabitation Ain’t For Me

Cohabitation isn’t a foreign concept. It’s been going on for generations. Some refer to it as “playing house”, others like to call it “shacking up”. I call it a “Hell …
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Single Motherhood
10 years ago

Single Motherhood

It’s hard raising a child on two dimes and a nickel. Filling her belling with canned peas and ice sickles.

Its hard.

Doing anything for dollar signs; hiding behind tear …
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The Chase
10 years ago

The Chase

There’s something about the average twenty-something year old woman that makes us want to chase perfection. I know it’s not just me and my slight addiction to to-do-lists, posts-its and …
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Chronicles From My Dating Hiatus
10 years ago

Chronicles From My Dating Hiatus

There may be a little truth behind the myth that any woman who chops off her hair is ready to change her life. Or it could be because I am …
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