Ohana.

In Hawaiian culture, ohana means family. When I looked it up, Google told me the concept of ohana emphasizes that families are bound together and that members cooperate and remember one another. I spent the weekend with my ohana, a special group of people who love and support me. I’ve never doubted their love for […]

Brave.

I’ve been wanting to visit the Center for Civil and Human Rights since it opened in Atlanta a few years ago. Today I finally had a chance to go. A component of the museum includes a lunch counter 2-D experience, where you don a pair of headphones, close your eyes and place your hands on […]

Surprise!

So my birthday festivities are officially starting tonight. My best friends decided to plan the weekend for me, which says a lot about my trust in them, because I’m crazy and like to plan every detail of my birthday. I have no idea what they’ve planned and surprisingly I’m OK with that. What’s more surprising […]

I’m Feelin’ Myself.

I just finished watching this girl watch herself over and over on her own Instagram post. She wasn’t doing anything special, she was just lip-syncing a rap song in her car. Yes, I saw all that. Yes, I’m nosy. Ole’ girl was feeling herself and by the volume of her phone, she wanted everyone in […]

It’s My Birthday! {Thirty}

Today is the big day! I’m so blessed to have made it to the ripe old age of thirty! I’m excited to share that I’ll be continuing the blog everyday for the next year (pray for me 😩)! Thanks for your support this last month, I’m counting on it for the next 365 days!

God Bless Them 20 Somethings. {29}

Instead of rehashing a memory or lesson from this past year, I’m going to just write how I’m feeling today. Writing this blog for the past month has really distracted me from being my usual dramatic self around my birthday. I usually do a countdown and bug the heck outta my family and friends by […]

Going Back to College {Twenty-Eight}.

Three days after my twenty-eighth birthday, I interviewed for a new job. It wasn’t just any old job, but one that spoke to a deep passion of mine: Black people. I just think we’re so cool. We’re figuratively cool in the cultural sense, but also awe-inspiringly cool because of the things we’ve overcome: being snatched from […]

Adulting {Twenty- Seven}.

When I turned twenty-seven, I finally started to feel like a real adult. I was still at the same job I had been miserable at when I was twenty-two, but things had changed dramatically. I went from being a temporary employee to a supervisor of nearly 60 people, in five years. I was proud of […]

Nappy Roots {26}.

Coco Chanel said, “When a woman cuts her hair, she’s about to change her life.” That wasn’t exactly the case when I took a pair of clippers to my head on Independence Day 2014. I cut my hair because I was sad. There wasn’t some deep explanation like, ‘I wanted to strip myself of the […]

Creativity & Faith {Twenty-Five}.

I started my first blog at 25. I remember feeling like I wanted an outlet to share my creativity. I just started fashion school before the blog, but I wanted it to to be more than just style, I had something to say. I didn’t know what that was yet, but I knew I needed […]