Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, a holiday I have always been ambivalent toward. On the one hand, I love the idea (and I stress the word idea) that we as a nation come together in the spirit of gratefulness, to spend...
Last year, roughly around this time, I had a semi-meltdown. Well, maybe meltdown is too strong of a word. There was no cursing, no crying, no screaming or raised voice, just a dramatic display of immense irritation. Admittedly, from...
It seems like the older I get the faster time moves. I cannot believe it is already the middle of May. Weren’t we just celebrating the New Year? Even more remarkable for me, this year my law school class...
“Stop being black!” This succinct advice from my father perhaps best summarizes how to protect oneself from hostile encounters with the police. If you can manage to shed your race, then you have already diffused the situation immensely. However,...
Last year I graduated with my third degree, but had no concrete plan on the next steps to take in achieving my goals. In fact, I was no longer sure what my goals were anymore. What I thought I...
Recently I had an epiphany. It is this: life becomes much easier when you realize that no one really knows what they are doing. This is our first time at life, and we are all just figuring it out...
A while back, my mother and I had a discussion on the idea of perfectionism, and people’s assertion that they are perfectionist. My mom, who I suspect was having flashbacks of aggravating former colleagues, rejected the idea that any...
I love my family and love to support them. So when my little cousin, Shawnynce Sutton, sent me a copy of a poem/story she wrote for English class, I just HAD to share it with you all. Her assignment...
I have a confession. Generally speaking, I do not like to be asked to do something at the spur of the moment, fun or otherwise. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy spontaneity, but I don’t want to make it...
I recall hearing the title to President Obama’s second book, The Audacity of Hope, and thinking that it was a peculiar title for a book. I did not quite understand the juxtaposition of the two words “audacity” and “hope.”...