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FAITH AND THERAPY
I fell pregnant at a young age. Mentally broken from childhood trauma that had never been resolved, I found myself having to switch priorities from a selfish teen to someone responsible for not one, but two babies and being abandoned by their father only compounded how difficult the journey was going to be. I didn’t…
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Who is Your Master?
I am an admirer of Sarah Jakes Roberts – a woman of my age, race and creed, who uses her faith and gifts to help others. She is a fantastic Pastor for my generation and her father (Bishop T.D. Jakes) was exactly the same for the generation above. This morning I heard a word given…
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Does the Deficit Outweigh the Benefit?
I crave to love unconditionally, totally and truly. A growth in all the right ways. The opportunity to give ones all and be ones best because you have the drive and the support of this one angel. Someone who will watch you grow with a smile. Never wishing to see you falter. Quietly shouting and…
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Single is NOT a Sad State of Affairs!
Throughout my years of being in relationships and being privy to what goes on in those of my friends, I have noticed something that can be seen as rather disturbing and worrying. I noticed some women would rather be in an abysmal excuse of a relationship than be alone. They would rather trade their self…
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Broken to Blessed Barbie
As children, a lot of us were given a Barbie doll, and if we didn’t have one of our own, we knew someone that did. I was born in the 80s, the decade when the black Barbie was first released. Prior to that, diverse dolls had been made by Mattel, the dolls manufacturer, but they…
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It Wasn’t Meant To Last
Loving someone does not always mean that you are meant to be lifelong partners. Being the mother of someone’s child/children cannot replace passion, lust or desire. Two people trying to grow in tandem is hard at the best of times. At any point in life, someone could change/grow and this then throws the whole balance…
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GLORY! GLORY! GLORY!
I believe there is a difference between religious and faithful. Between church and obedience. I believe I possess the latter of both sentences, but at first, I found the obedience part difficult. Throughout my life, I had some truly awful times. My mental health was affected to such a degree, I hate to admit it,…
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Mye First Assignment
I remember the day so clearly, like it was yesterday. Seeing those two lines show up on the pregnancy test strip (in record time, may I add) was a shock and an unexpected joy. I had recently turned 20, but the first thought I had was, “I want my mummy.” I raced to her house…
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Mye Own Worst Enemy
“You sound like a such a victim!” Oh how those words stung. I felt like I was far from a victim but the language I was using obviously deceiving me. I had done everything I thought I could do to never be seen as a victim but without the tools or examples to know what…
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The Beauty in Different
Validity used to matter so much to me. I was impressionable, and the view others had of the person I was was very important to me. Someone’s negative opinion of me would cloud my sunny days and leave me rendered speechless. At that point, the only part of me in motion was the cogs in…