Love is a four-letter word.  It can sound like a curse to some, or a song to others.  I’ve even heard a joke that love is “evil” spelled backwards (evol).  SMH. I for one, love love.  I am a hopeless romantic that attended the University of Love, having read too many (one is too many)…

I am dumbfounded.  I am flabbergasted.  I am numb.  I somehow managed to successfully live in denial for almost two and a half months.  But today is the day (cue Jaws music).  I can’t ignore it anymore.  Donald Trump was sworn in as the (gulp) President. It took me a looong time to get out of bed…

Happy New Year! It’s 2017 and you know what that means.  It’s time for #newyearnewme declarations and making new year’s resolutions.  I jumped on the bandwagon and thought hard about all of the things I wanted to change or accomplish this year.  I had a long and detailed list of to-dos last year, yet I…

I am the queen of procrastination.  I will put off putting things off.  I knew it was bad when I delayed reading an article about ways to stop procrastinating.  I told myself that I would get to it later, but I never did.  Why?  Because later is not a set time.  Later is indefinite.  Which…

I love Thai food.  Like I’m kinda totally obsessed with it.  Growing up in a Haitian household, I had never even heard of Thai food, let alone eaten it.  It wasn’t until I moved to NYC and had a friend that introduced me to it, that I had pad thai for the first time. Once I ate…

I’m a dummy.  At least I am when it comes to love.  I am book smart, have two degrees, a decent IQ, and can hold my own in just about any conversation.  But when it comes to men and relationships, all of the sense that God gave me goes straight out the window. I recently…

Mother, mother There’s too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There’s far too many of you dying You know we’ve got to find a way To bring some lovin’ here today – Marvin Gaye I’m worried.  I’m a worrywart as is, so I didn’t need any help.  This has been a really rough week. …

The Parable of the Talents 14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants[a]and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents,[b] to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went…

You can’t fit a square peg in a round hole.  Believe me, I’ve tried. So has my niece.  My three year old niece is super smart.  I love giving her gifts that challenge her and help her grow, ie., puzzles and interactive games (that’s the teacher in me).  One year I got her a shape set….

BET recently aired the annual Black Girls Rock awards show.  The show celebrates the achievements, strength and the beauty of black girls and women.  It has been televised since 2010, yet the organization was founded in 2006 by DJ and philanthropist, Beverly Bond (http://www.blackgirlsrockinc.com/). I have watched the show every year.  I am always moved and…

There is healing power in a wine.  I don’t mean alcohol, although that can work wonders (in moderation).  I’m talking about the dance you do when Soca or other Caribbean rhythms start to play. There is something quite magical about swinging your hips and losing yourself to the beat of one of your favorite songs….

My weight fluctuates more than NYC temperatures.  I have struggled with this since I was young.  I wasn’t always a chubby kid though.  I was a tomboy and used to annoy my brother by following him and his friends around.  I climbed and jumped out of trees with them.  I raced against the neighborhood boys in our…