Category: Brain Scribbles
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The Greatest Gift
I’ve been away for a while, so lemme update you on what went down in 2025. I can’t promise future posts will be shorter, but I will reserve future large updates to newsletters. Subscribe!
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Looking Back to Look Forward
The theory of Sankofa is that you must look back in order to see the path ahead—address the past to move into the future. While I’m not being quite so philosophical here, it is a principle that guides me and seems an appropriate theme for closing out 2024. I don’t know about y’all, but these…
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My visit to Pata Negra ATL
Hey, y’all. It’s been a while. I’ve had a lot going on that I’ll go into in other posts. But I got something I wanna share on this Trials Tuesday. This past weekend, I was in Atlanta visiting my baby brother. He’d been telling me about a newly opened restaurant for a few weeks and…
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Revenge is sweet, but payback is Karma
There are a few minutes left in this Sunday, and I’ve been mulling over something that’s frustrating me. So, I figured I’d share my thoughts because this question that I’m struggling to word correctly is kind of an existential one. Real talk… if you actively work toward the demise of a situation (relationship) that you…
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The Beautiful One
The first anniversary of Prince Rogers Nelson’s passing is approaching, and I’ve been surprisingly filled with all sorts of anxiety and sadness. Disbelief still holds the first-place position, though. When I learned Prince had passed, regret moved in like a dark cloud and hasn’t really left me. I missed Prince’s run in Vegas. I missed…
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Stitches: An Ode to My Ancestors
I’ve been bedridden for the past few days because what I thought was a stubborn head cold has become an upper respiratory infection. This malaise has me feeling bad physically and emotionally. I have deadlines that I fear I won’t make because I’m too weak or in too much pain to get up or focus,…
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I am Not Throwing Away My Shot
So… I saw Hamilton. Love is kind of weak a term to ascribe to my feelings for last Tuesday night’s Chicago performance. **I’ve been MIA due to family being in town for a funeral, in case you were wondering… You can breathe now. My kids had been sending me YouTube clips of Epic Rap Battles with…
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Generations
My children are all young adults who are blessed to have four almost complete sets of great grandparents until a couple of Sundays ago when they lost their beloved Memom. Over the years, I’ve had awkward conversations with friends and co-workers who weren’t fortunate enough to go through life with an able-bodied grandparent in their…
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I feel …
Recently, I took the family to see Hidden Figures, and I cannot explain how many times I had to smother my sobs during the film. Fragmented memories flickered through my head and began connecting to words my mother and grandfather had spoken to me about honoring those who came before me and never forgetting their contributions.…