Tag: love
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Love People Well, Part 2: Honoring Yourself
Love People Well: Part 2 is about honoring yourself. Because accepting how someone loves you is not the same as settling. You can appreciate someone’s effort and still know the connection doesn’t land where it needs to. Difference is beautiful. Deprivation is not. This is the part where we learn that loving well includes loving…
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When Love Speaks Two Languages
Love has always felt emotional to me…connection, depth, and the sense of being known. But a recent conversation made me realize something I’d missed: not everyone experiences love through feelings. Some love through choice, intention, and daily commitment. And when those two expressions meet without trying to change each other, something surprisingly safe and beautiful…
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Mirror, Mirror (Part Two): When the Reflection Becomes Revelation
Back in 2014, I wrote about seeing myself clearly for the first time. But I was still wearing armor. Still hiding. Still surviving. This time, the mirror didn’t reflect who I had been. It revealed who I was becoming — the healed, whole, soft, and honest version of me that was always waiting to be…
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This One’s for Her: You Were Never Too Much
Years ago, I wrote a letter to my younger self, fresh out of college and feeling like I had arrived. I genuinely thought I was writing from a healed place (chile…I know, right?). Then I did it again after I got married…and whew, the delusion was even stronger that time. Lord. A few years ago,…
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The Ache of Almost
There’s a kind of hurt I didn’t know how to name for a long time. It wasn’t heartbreak in the traditional sense, nobody left me at the altar, nobody died. But something did end. Something I believed in.Something I hoped for. It’s the ache of almost.Of getting so close to the thing you prayed foronly to watch…
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The Fight to Be Quiet
There’s a kind of healing that doesn’t show up in selfies or captions. It shows up in restraint. In the moments you could’ve exposed it all, clapped back, proved your point — but didn’t. Not because you didn’t have receipts. Not because it didn’t hurt. But because growth demanded your silence. This post is about…
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Love or Control? The Difference Ain’t Always Clear.
Control doesn’t always look like force. Sometimes, it looks like concern. Sometimes, it looks like care. Sometimes, it looks like love. But the difference between love and control is freedom. Love lets you be. Control manages you. Love allows room for choice. Control demands compliance. And if you have to shrink, over-explain, or perform just…
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Unleashed & Unapologetic: A Legacy of Strength & Faith
Black women have always been more than history-makers—we are way-makers. From the pulpit to the protest lines, from boardrooms to kitchens filled with wisdom, we have built, led, and fought for a future we may never fully see. This Black History Month, I’m honoring the women who paved the way—Jarena Lee, Claudette Colvin, Fannie Lou…
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Acknowledging the Wound & Processing the Pain
Hey friends, We’re diving into the first couple of steps in this healing journey: Acknowledging the Wound & Processing the Pain. Healing doesn’t happen overnight—it’s a process. And that process starts with being real about what’s hurt us. It’s about recognizing the places in our hearts that have been broken and giving ourselves permission to…
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The Gift of Grace
Grace is the gift that changes everything—unearned, unconditional, and always enough. In this post, I’m reflecting on the beauty of God’s grace, especially in the moments when we feel like we’re not enough. Take a moment to read and be reminded of His endless love.
UnShaded Revelations 