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This Holiday

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  This HolidayIt's Father's Day here in North America…and the only thing I'm excited about is the season finale of “American Gods” on Starz tonight. Color me aloof AF. Last year was spent on a pillow of tears the first half of the day followed by snowballs and lamentations that evening. Today, I have what seems to be the beginnings of a sinus infection and a fistful of anger. I'm mad as hell that I can't call my dad or grandfathers. I'm sure some of you are thinking, “Doesn’t she have a husband who is the father of her son?”...

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Out of Focus

• adult • ambition • art • artist • balance • blog • blogger • boss • branding • business • businesswoman • confidence • creativity • destiny • distractions • engage • entrepreneur • expectations • expression • focus • goals • honesty • ideas • inspired • journey • life • mischief • momentum • musings • networking • productivity • realness • rethink • self care • thoughts • tired • unstoppable • wednesday • working artist • writer

 

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Never JUST a Wife and Mom

• adult • ambition • autonomy • baby • blog • blogger • break • children • confidence • creativity • dynamics • expectations • expression • family • fatherhood • free • free spirit • goals • guilt • husband • inspired • journey • kid • life • marital bliss • marriage • men • mom guilt • momblog • mommy • motherhood • musings • no guilt • parenthood • parenting • parents • realness • rethink • roles • self care • thanks • thoughts • toddler • wife • women • writer

  Thought I wasn't gonna get around to posting this week, huh? Yep. So did I. LOL! But here we are. Recently, I posted on Facebook about my excitement regarding my son’s upcoming foray into public school. I'm BEYOND ready for him to be out of my sight for a few hours during the day. Like, seriously…we see each other too much. Not to mention, I HAVE GOALS. I noticed upon posting my elation (and subsequent celebratory twerking) that people really love to put other folks in boxes. Since that post, I've read and heard things like: “You're not gonna...

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Broken Bough: Dead Man's Tales

• adult • art • artist • blog • blogger • children • death • expectations • expression • family • family ties • family tree • grief • honesty • infidelity • legacy • life • men • musings • parents • realness • relationships • rethink • thoughts • writer

Many moons ago, an old guy named John Dryden was quoted having said, “Dead men tell no tales.” Well, he dead azz lied. I've uncovered so much about my dad and grandfather in the past year that I could write novels based on their lives. No really. I could. One day, I may. During my childhood, they both seemed so mysterious. Especially my father. Not living in the same house with him, having a ridiculously active imagination, and seeing his motorcycles/race cars, I created the person I wanted him to be. In my teen years, I witnessed him make an attempt...

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Wu-Tang and Clatchet

• blog • blogger • break • breakfast • comedy • expression • free • free spirit • friendship • fun • funny • girls trip • hip hop • inspired • jokes • journey • rap • realness • self care • waffle house • weekend • women • Wutang

Wu-Tang and ClatchetA few months ago I spent a wonderful weekend with some of my girls on St. Simon's Island, GA. We seem to have a thing for obscure places without the hustle and bustle of city life. Our weekend was spent eating, laughing, eating, laughing, eating, and laughing. Between the meals and guffaws, we indulged and watched pure hilarity on TV (insert "Insecure" on HBO...by the way, catch up or watch it again before the new season airs on July 23!!!). Awesome weekend away from the responsibilities of wife-, mother-, and granddaughterhood. So let's get to the crux of...

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