One day, I wore a Wonder Woman shirt to work. One of my little friends asked why I had the shirt on. Before I could reply, she came up with her own answer. She proclaimed that I was a superhero. I laughed and thanked her for recognizing how I awesome I am. Truthfully, I don’t spend time thinking about being awesome but her words made me think about the superheroes in my life. They weren’t wearing capes or masks, but their actions changed my life forever. They were simply walking in their gifts and in the calling that God had on their lives. I’m thinking about one superhero in particular.…

Last Sunday, I attended a floral workshop in Dallas. Why? Because I know that it’s time to level up in my event planning skills. Although it was only one day, it was intense for me. I was attending the workshop alone, which I didn’t mind, but I had to work with strangers. And socialize. Thankfully, the atmosphere was positive. People were eager to learn and practice. You could feel the excitement in the room. We split into groups organically to work on huge floral arrangements. I thought that I had removed all of the thorns from the roses that we were working with, but I was wrong. I grabbed a…

I was coloring a picture with my little friend the other day. I poured the markers onto the table so that we wouldn’t have to pull them out of the box as we needed them. My friend decided to help as little friends often do. He poured all 24 crayons onto the table… unfortunately most of them hit the floor. This would have been a non issue if the floor was carpeted or there was a rug to break the crayons fall. But we were coloring at my dining room table. Which sits on a tile floor. “Sorry!”, he said, as he got down to pick the crayons up. Then…

The very first blog that I wrote stated that this blog might not be for everyone. If you meet every road bump in life with optimism, my wavering faith might insult you. If you attended seminary, my inability to break things down into the Greek and Hebrew might annoy you. If you stay on social media all day, my daily uploading and sharing might send you over the edge. Guess what? I don’t care. That may sound rude…okay, it is rude. But it’s honest. If I’m a nuisance, that means this is not for you. I’m really on assignment from God. No one has told me to lay off on…

I come from a family of straight shooters. People will tell you what’s wrong with you even if you didn’t ask. Let’s take the picture that’s associated with this post for example. I was on a cruise with my mom, Bible Study Brother, and his wife. We were dressed up for dinner at the Japanese steakhouse. When you’re cute, you take pictures . Or at least I do. At the steakhouse, a photographer came to take our pictures individually and as a group. At the end of the meal, they returned with printed copies of our photos. I opened my folder with excitement. I was soooo cute! I was almost…

I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it…I’m an introvert. Really, I need to stop saying it. Because although that’s my natural preference, I’ve received some of my biggest blessings when I step outside of what’s comfortable to me. I met my bestie in undergraduate school. We sat close to each other in all of the classes for our major. I don’t even remember talking to her much (remember…introvert). I was just going to class to take care of business. Making friends was not in my plans. Then out of the blue, she asked me if I wanted to go with her to a concert at the COGIC convention…

Rest. It’s almost a curse word in our fast paced society. I have normalized having a life that is full and moving at a rapid rate. Although it took a lot for me to get my house to the current state that’s in, I rarely get to enjoy it. I’m always going to the next event or scheduled activity in my day. I finally got an unexpected day off. My mind immediately got busy filling the empty spaces. And then I heard, “Rest.” I shrugged it off and thought that couldn’t be God. Aren’t we supposed to be always working and striving for some goal? But then I heard it…

For the past six Halloweens, I have worn my Halloween lashes. They are very long and have red metallic strips in them. It doesn’t matter what costume I’m wearing. I just know that I’ll be wearing the lashes with the costume. I have been an M&M, a ladybug twice (not consecutively), a witch, Wonder Woman, and most recently, Play-Doh. You may be perplexed about how I made the red lashes work with Play-Doh. Why by being RED Play-Doh of course!!! Play-Doh t-shirt, jeggings, a red beanie, red lashes, some red lipstick, and I was good to go. (I had to struggle to fit my afro under a beanie, but that…