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Confession 3. I am unfortunately more flawed than I think Confession 4: I drown in my true feelings.

It's another year of me aging. I hope gracefully so. And in honor of my previous list of "25 things I learned by 25,"

So yeah, I used to be a people pleaser. When I like someone, my love language—which is quality time and words of affirmation—unleashes an uncontrollable urge inside me to start saying nice things and giving people undivided attention

But instead, we strive to eat big, live big, prove ourselves. And that’s not always wrong—but sometimes, we genuinely don’t know how to get it right.

I am guilty of pessimism, cynicism, and so many other NEGATIVE isms simply because, at the onset of an unfavorable event, I am in shock tha

My dreams are stifled by shame and even warfare, which I know can be overcome through consistent prayer and weeping; the occasional....

As a new year approaches in my life, I pause to reflect.( I should say I read somewhere that said a new year for someone is really on...