Last weekend when I went to the barber shop I ran into an old lady selling bootleg DVD's. I figured why not skim through what she has because I just knew she had Disney's Frozen. Ever since Cydney first saw it about a month ago, she has been talking about Frozen non-stop. When it snowed... Continue Reading →
Broken Hearts
Life throws all kinds of curveballs. We're told at an early age to put our best foot forward and eventually things will work out. The road to things working out is littered with potholes, jaywalkers, fallen trees, and its a dark road so you can't see any of these things. You live and you learn.Almost... Continue Reading →
Closure
I left Washington DC yesterday with lots on my mind. I found myself doing the same thing that morning that I was doing six months earlier at the turn of the New Year: sitting on the stoop at my friend's apartment with my phone in hand listening to some music I'd worked on when I... Continue Reading →
The Wedding
It's that time of year: Wedding Season. My friends are in their late twenties and early thirties and everyone left and right is beginning their forevers with someone they love. Timile's cousin, Brian was getting married in Washington DC this weekend. Brian and I had become pretty good friends because whenever Timile and I would... Continue Reading →
Honesty: A Dating Piece
Yesterday I was reading an article on who is becoming a good friend of mine's website Kia Speaks Also. It was an article about being honest when it comes to dating/relationships. I was all for it. The first thing I thought about was Chris Rock's stand up Bigger and Blacker where he talks about dating.... Continue Reading →
As anyone who really knows me can attest to, I'm not one to be transparent. Bear with me: I was sent this as a link a few days ago. I didn't write anything Friday because all day I was looking for the words to write what I thought and felt about this. It is a... Continue Reading →
Nostalgia
After lots of encouragement, suggestions, seeds planted, and even a few demands I've started writing the long version of my story to be put into book form. There's a lot to write about, recall, and ask for accounts from other people who were there to help me remember details or give input from what they... Continue Reading →
Meeting the Kids: A Dating Piece
I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday who is also a single parent. They were telling me about someone they had been dealing with for a couple months and I asked are they ready to meet the little one. Their reply was maybe. I asked "What was the criteria on you letting someone... Continue Reading →
Manly Talk About Marriage and Kids
I'm twenty-seven years old. A seasoned adult but still adolescence seems like yesterday. It seems like yesterday my boys and I were holed up in my apartment doing studio sessions with dreams of making it in some variance of big and then going out partying or philandering. I think all of us are now either... Continue Reading →
Context: Another Post About Relationships
Last night, I found myself watching Alicia Keys on Oprah's Master Class. There was a time in my life when like many others my age my love for her was real and you couldn't tell me otherwise that she was singing about me. I kid (kinda). Well, in watching it I came to two revelations:... Continue Reading →