My entire life I’ve been known for my hair. I remember after attending the Senior Standouts high school assembly and receiving the award for Prettiest Hair, I drove home, ran into my mama’s room and collapsed on her bed in tears, the shame overtaking me that while others received recognition for “Best All Around,” and “Most Likely to Succeed,” my legacy was relegated to who I was on the outside and not my character within. I tell you all this to share something that I thought I would never have to say—[ brace yourself], in a few weeks I will...
Kicking and Screaming
Our repetitive behaviors teach us things about ourselves if we’re brave enough to see. I have to admit that every...
MAKING ROOM
When people talk about the headlines, repeating facts and figures, globalizing and depersonalizing the issue, all I really begin to...
Resuscitators of Beauty
I glance over in the middle of the movie because somehow, I know his eyes, like mine, will be filled...