9 comments Happy birthday though
My husband gets on my nerves and then I swerveWanting to be right up under himKeep him nearCause he’s the […]
Friendship
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7 comments Accepting the message despite the delivery
I have learned not to let the messenger or delivery method obscure the truth of the information being delivered .This […]
3 comments We found each other despite our friends – Happy Valentine’s ...
My husband and I have several friends in common who we’ve known long before we were married. None of them […]
6 comments Envy or Not – I say not
Envy or not. I say not. This past Christmas, my husband and I traveled to Atlanta and Charlotte. We had […]
13 comments Here’s to the hosts
Here’s to the hosts with the most, who open their homes, share their culinary (or food-ordering) prowess, uncork bottles of […]
25 comments Friends whose family I can’t meet – racists in the ...
Turns out I have friends who have racists in the family. About 30 or so years ago, I worked with […]
2 comments Respite
Respite. Rest. Get-away. A break. It was only a day and a half but I felt rejuvenated from the quick […]
What Can I Do for You?
Let me know what I can do for you. This is a statement I received from several people recently after […]
1 comment Lost and Found, Found & Lost
The brown sock had been missing for weeks, long past the point where it should have been consigned to the […]
Love-Cuts
This is what I’ve observed: that sometimes, most times the people who cut you are the closest to you, the […]
The Price of Peace (Domestic)
“…Women are encyclopedias, boy! Volume A, Volume B, Volume C. Spend some time with every book and maybe one will […]
Forty or four – abundance or scarcity?
A friend of mine estimates that she has forty towels and washcloths in rotation. I have six (plus a few […]
Feeling at Home
When I first thought of this post, I thought it was going to be about having cultural event fatigue. My […]
Is that all there is…
Is that all there is? The lyrics werewritten with a soul-deep, world weariness and sung with a shrug of nothing-really-matters-and-I-do-not-care […]
Some pleasures
Pleasures surround. Pleasures abound. It was a pleasure to share dinner with a friend and her husband and cousin on […]
Encouragement
A mother, a brother, a teacher, a spouse, a child, a coach, a stranger, a friend – any or all […]
Alone…so many women
Gorgeous 28 year-old, college-graduate (BS & MBA), African-American, communications & marketing professional. In the market to purchase her first home. Fun-loving. […]
Petite Women as opposite & inspiration
Feisty. Strong. Assertive. These three words describe the petite women that I know. Many of my closest friends have been […]