I’ve read Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks and I decided to write something about relationships (again). It’s literally my job to talk about healthy relationships, so I had to! Let me paint a picture for you: A man seems like he has the American Dream. He’s got a beautiful wife and daughter. They are… Continue reading Two by Two
Lately, books have been leaving me more confused about life than helping me to seek clarity. But I guess that is more of a sign of growth than anything. What I’m talking about today isn’t as profound as finding meaning in human connection, rather than division, as the books I have been reading lately have… Continue reading What Women Want
My favorite black holiday movie is The Preacher’s Wife. I’m not sure why I enjoyed that movie so much growing up. Maybe because I wanted to have a Denzel Washington angel to become my new dad. Something about how he burned his mouth on that pizza in that one scene and washed it down with… Continue reading Make Your Relationships Count
We are still in the Hallmark Holiday Romance Movie Season. I have been on a romance kick lately and I’m not sure why I stopped reading them in the first place! Oh yeah, because I went for a while without reading at all. It’s just something about a good (but sometimes problematic) romance that makes… Continue reading Romance Tropes We Love to Hate
I have never really listened to Common’s music. I like intelligent, lyrical rap, but I think I felt like his music was too cerebral for me. Like I would rather read it as poetry than to hear it be recited aloud. I just finished his memoir Let Love Have the Last Word. It was pretty… Continue reading Letting Love Have the Last Word
At what age do you figure out how to expertly navigate relationships? After reading the memoir, The Naked Truth by Leslie Morgan, I’ve come to the conclusion that we are all doomed to blindly (I mean this in the most non-ableist way) stumbling in the dark trying our hardest to not get hurt or to… Continue reading Truth Hurts
