Something that really became clear to me this week is that we need to exercise some more self-compassion. I keep hearing people talk about the guilt they have…
In this Thanksgiving season, it is essential to remember it is never too late to say thank you. Sure, it gets embarrassing if you have had ‘Thank you…
I’m typing this while feeling both hopeful and utterly annoyed at the same time. It seems to be the ailment du jour for many Americans, as we still…
The story of the small penis’d boyfriend is a tale of woe and misery… A bunch of years ago, I dated a guy with the smallest penis in…
On the 11th Day of the 11th Month, the guns fell silent…. As Remembrance, or Veterans Day, comes around each year, we take part in many beautiful ceremonies…
A few months back, I had a big surgery to prepare for that I was not looking forward to. I was to be put under anesthesia for hours…
I grew up in the deep South, land of cotton fields and family trees that are more stunted bush than towering oak. You introduce yourself to strangers as,…
The holidays. Those two words used to bring such joy to my heart and plans to my head. I would head to the store with my list and…
Ah, fall. The crisp cool weather. The turning leaves. The fun of getting my sweaters out of storage. That all sounds nice. One problem: I live on the center…
Late August. That’s when it begins. The alarm goes off at 6:15am and eyes flutter open only to find that the morning is a little darker than it…
“You shouldn’t wear a bra you know….your breast muscles will go weak and then they will sag.” She followed with a persuasive swoosh of her long golden locks,…
While scanning through my e-mail, I was hit with something very powerful. My inbox is an archival storage area of all the ridiculous purchases I’ve made in my…
Many mother-daughter bonds are forged on shopping trips, to the cadence of a credit card authorizing, of racks of hangers parting, of faint R&B music cascading through dressing rooms. My mother…
I learned a useful term from my millennial daughter: problematic fave. She and her friends used it to describe a beloved person (usually a character) who they loved…