Mental Health matters more than ever before. With the pandemic, so much loss and death as well as heightened racial situations seen virtually everywhere, people are tired. Exhausted. Weary. Overwhelmed. What we need to do is make sure that we show that mental health matters especially during National Minority Mental Health Awareness month. Here are […]
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Chapter 37: Jubilant Praise
With jubilant praise I celebrate my 37th birthday fully owning who I am. Loving who I see. Excited to do God’s work. This past year has taught me so much. So much about who I am as a person. Who God created me to be. Who I don’t want to be. Who I don’t want […]
Juneteenth’s New Dawn
Closing out the Creative Expressions Celebrating Juneteenth series I want to touch on how over the years we have seen social media shape Juneteenth into something stretched far from it’s original significance. Now that Juneteenth is officially a federal holiday, the entire country gets to celebrate the dawn of a new era in American history. […]
Juneteenth: Momentum in Memories
June 17, 2021 President Biden made it official by signing into law that Juneteenth is the 12th federal holiday. And the first one since Martin Luther King Jr. Day which happened in 1983. So for the first time in my life I witnessed the signing of a new federal holiday. What does that have to […]
Reminiscing On Juneteenth
Important News Before we get into this week’s post. This is just a step. More to come as the story continues to develop. This month I wanted to explore Juneteenth through the eyes of Black Texas natives as we celebrate something that has gone national. In this series, Creative Expressions Celebrating Juneteenth I’m taking creative […]
Miss Juneteenth Keeping the Legacy Alive
Continuing with part II in the Creative Expressions Celebrating Juneteenth series, I want to tie how Miss Juneteenth the beautiful film that came out in 2020 ties into how Black Texans have celebrated this day to keep the legacy alive. Now I’ve seen this film several times. Good thing I bought it huh? Anyway, I […]
Juneteenth is High on the Hog
Creative Expressions Celebrating Juneteenth is a 5-part series using creative works to reveal the essence of what Juneteenth means through the eyes of Black Texas natives. First up is the Netflix series ‘High on the Hog’ which explores the culinary history of African American food in the U.S. In the last episode, we head to […]
Visibly Invisible: 3 Invaluable Lessons
May is mental health awareness month. Some people may feel being invisible is the worst feeling in the world. But it can have its advantages if we look at it from a different perspective. To go from being invited to practically anything a blogger could, walking into rooms where people knew of your reputation before […]
One Year Blogaversary as a Faith Blogger
It’s been quite the awakening more than a journey. March 2009 I stated my first blog ‘Praying for Purpose’. And it had nothing to do with purpose but all about how much I despised where I was working. How I had to keep speaking up to defend my students. Now fast forward to May 2021 […]
Get Up, Stand Up For Your Rights
If it seems the world is descending into chaos, it’s not. It’s trying to right itself from the grips of corruption that has plagued it for far too long. While I talked about oppressed people standing up against police brutality around the world, today I want to inform you about communities who are literally fighting […]