The tagline for this blog is "Life is complicated. The truth isn't." I didn't put much thought into the phrase- it came to me and I went with it. For years, I've been known as the kind of person who is honest. This recognition is important to me as honesty is not just a throwaway word-… Continue reading Why the Truth matters
Month: May 2014
For Maya
Today, as I was going through my morning routine at work, I saw a headline on a news site: Maya Angelou, poet and activist, dead at 86. My throat dried. My eyes welled with tears. I said aloud, "Maya Angelou died?!" My manager responded and continued to work. But I can't. I'm frozen with a… Continue reading For Maya
It’s not them- it’s you
Let me preface this post by saying that I love and value my friends. They are a core group of people who are honest, trustworthy, and genuine. "Friend" refers to an individual that you trust and love. They're family that you get to pick. If you don't feel comfortable saying that about any of your… Continue reading It’s not them- it’s you
Kill the Bat Signal
For quite a few us who have lived in the social mediaverse, posts about relationships seem commonplace. Some range from the cryptic yet impending sense of a breakup: "Sometimes you gotta know when enough is ENOUGH" (the caps make it official) to the more obvious: "I wish I never even bothered with him. What a waste… Continue reading Kill the Bat Signal
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