Category Archives: Soulful Sojourn

YOLO!!! \o/

UPDATE 1/27/2013: THIS HEFFA IS BATSHYT. O_O “I have to hand it to her…. Rihanna is living the hell out of her life.” ~Apples, 2012 I tend to agree. As reckless as her choices appear to be to those of us who watch her post drunken pics and curses on Twitter, taunt the new girlfriend [...]

What About SoJoseph?

“…from the moment I saw him on the sonogram scream, my husband and I locked eyes with joy and fear….” ~Facebook comment from TDJ This comment has replayed in my mind over and over again since I read it on a friend’s FB page on a thread about the Trayvon Martin tragedy.  The commenter was [...]

By Any Other Name…

If I am to be completely candid, for most of my adult LIFE I have been apathetic towards Black History Month.  How many times do I have to hear little known black history facts to prove that I’m just as intelligent, creative or innovative as other races? How many Paul Lawrence Dunbar poems did I [...]

MUAH!!

One of my FAVORITE people on Twitter used to be @MzStarrBurst or Gummi as she’s affectionately called. I know that people say “It’s only Twitter”, but the psychologist in me says that a person’s online persona (authentic or contrived) can tell a lot about a person.  Even for those who embellish (or straight up fabricate) their [...]

Like No One’s Watching

I was having a conversation the other day with a friend of mine about how somewhat awkward it can sometimes be when you have friends that live by completely different LIFE philosophies than you do.  I don’t necessarily mean friends that live recklessly or dangerously. I make it a point to never allow myself to [...]