What is this joy, you say?

There is an essence in arriving within yourself with grace and truth. The beauty of knowing that your person was meant to be is remarkably peaceful. I notice the ambiance. It’s soulful. I can hear the rhythm in the way you look at yourself in the mirror. What a bountiful body. Your eyes in motion [...]

Crazy Pen: Lemonade

Crazy Pen is a series where I will use my creative license to write freely and creatively on random topics. With this series, rules don't apply. Enjoy my Freedom. There is a very well known saying and I am sure that most of you know it, “When life gives you lemon, make lemonade.” This has [...]

Fight, Oh My Soul.

When life seems to pull open crane doors, and shower down pounds of despair I will reach with ache, and grab on to hope When life seems to push me into revolving doors, and cause stumbling misdirection I will gaze upon still waters, where there is no rafting When life seems to pack me into [...]

SEASONS

"Seasons change, mad things rearrange But it all stays the same like the love doctor Strange" - Lauryn Hill, "How Many Mics" Queen Lauryn may have been referring to the rap climate with these bars, but every-time I think about the season that I'm in, I always find myself humming these lyrics. They seem to [...]

The House Within [Short Story]

There has always been a house on your block that looked like no one lived there, but you come to realize that people actually did live there.  In fact, you would spend most of your time at this house because you loved this family so much.  Kamile was ashamed of where she lived, but she [...]

My Creed

I was asked to write a creed for a homework assignment for one of my counseling sessions.  My counselor suggested that I center it around the following verses: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, [...]

Life, So Interesting…

Life can be so interesting.  You can experience the most devastating moments in life and have the happiest moments at the same time.  Isn't that interesting?  If you were to stare at a tree, would you ponder on the fact that it took twenty plus years for it to grow?  I bet not... so why [...]