My Ode to Self-Care 47: “Friend Zone”

This essay was the fourth on my playlist and was supposed to be written in June. However, I could not find the words and vowed to come back when the muse hits me. Forty-two essays and three left after this one, today is the day (Editor’s note: I wrote the first two sentences on November […]

My Fall Rewind: An Ode to Self-Care 40-“Pups”

For a solid year, I have watched my nephew tilt his head and stretch his neck, to measure how much more he had to go before he stood taller than me. At the start of the summer, I still had him by a half inch. By the time July came around, the roles had reversed, […]

My Summer Rewind: An Ode to Self-Care 23-“Rescue Me”

In the second essay of my Ode to Self-Care series, I paused the direction of the piece, and vowed to delve more into detail about the story at another time. Today is the day. Before I begin, I should give a brief synopsis: A week before her permanent move out of state, I gave Fly […]

Déjà-Vu

I felt like I had been here before…Sitting in traffic rushing from Midtown Manhattan to Long Island to get to my nephew from elementary school and Cydney from Pre-K on a March afternoon. I was visiting someone in a hospital who had just undergone surgery and they were in an immense amount of pain. […]

Getting Out of My Own Way

My penchants and ability to talk shit is second to very few. I say that with no exaggeration or hyperbole. There is always a witty comeback and these days, it seems like-excuse me, apparent-that affinity and gift of gab is rubbing off on my daughter. I would that in my lifetime, the only person who […]

If You Could Describe Yourself in One Word…

Just now I posted this picture to my Insragram. That’s who I am. Uncompromisingly forthright and for the most part I unapologetic for being this way. I either sugarcoat the hell out of things or I keep it too real. I care too much about how others feel so I’ll either tell them what they […]

MommyNoire: DADDY FILES: DAUGHTER PLAYS MATCHMAKER PT.1

MommyNoire: DADDY FILES: DAUGHTER PLAYS MATCHMAKER PT.1 Here’s part 1 of me delving in more detail into my thoughts from last week’s post about Cydney and the Honorary Mother.

Honorary Mother

I haven’t posted anything today because I have been going back and forth on what to say and how to write this…I think I’m gonna keep it short. I took Cydney to “Once Upon A Dish,” a shoppe where once can paint all kinds of ceramics-for themselves or as gifts-to craft something for my mother […]

Being A Flawed Individual

This week was a very rough week for me. I knew that a mental breakdown was brewing for some time and I have been actively been seeking avenues to remedy this before it got too hectic. Friday night I almost got close again. Cydney cried until she was horse, went to sleep, and woke up […]

The Mickey Goldmills to My Rocky Balboa

I’ve been in my feelings a lot these days. I didn’t quite have the words to articulate in written form all that was going on. We all need that break sometimes. There’s still a lot going on these days and the stress is still piling up, but I’m okay. I haven’t been writing as much […]