Talk about a blast from the past (not sure why I’m using that phrase). Remember my FWB? The guy who I dated (I use that term in the...

I’m pretty proud of where I am 20 years later. And, I think I still look pretty good. That said, I will not be attending. And I am...

Sis, We Gotta Stop Letting Black Men Ruin Us – Crystal deGregory Ph.D. – Medium An open letter to black women who’ve listened to Jay-Z’s...

[ An aside: my ex is a pretty private person, and doesn’t share his business on these interwebs, which means I really don’t run a serious...

My Prom From Hell: A Thread — D. (@retrosoul__) April 30, 2017 It was wild. And all things considered, I was very fortunate that it...

Betty Wright strikes me as one of those aunties, waxing poetic about her experiences with men — schooling us young girls on what (and...

Appropriation. Honestly, I don’t know who to credit for this image, but I don’t own it. Very fitting, though. So in my post yesterday, I...

So the other day, I sent my ex a very blunt and (and in his view petty) text Now, I know it may seem petty, but I promise that there was...

“There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both. To live life with dignity,...

“Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison (Song of Solomon) One of my friends tweeted this last...

I am not a relationship expert, nor do I want to be. I’m just a woman with a lot of life experience. I offer but one perspective. Let’s...

I’ve debated writing this for a while. For one, I don’t want to be messy. Secondly, I still wrote with my ex’s feelings in mind. I soon...

After a heated argument with my ex today, he likened our “friendship” to an abusive relationship. While my initial thought was, “This man...

Stevie Wonder’s song Stay Gold always makes me happy. In the song, he sings about reflecting on a place and time when we were young, and...

I may lose some friends, associates, and respect over this, but I’ve got to, as Aunt Ester (Gem of the Ocean, August Wilson) suggested —...

So, I wrote this well over two years ago, in regards to the good old FWB (even after I knew he had involved himself with my ex-friend,...

“It means that no one else is living for you, my child. Because no one is you. Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is...

Do you remember the film, The Best Man (1999)? Taye Diggs’ character, “Harper Stewart” was writing a memoir recalling past experiences...

Why I involve myself with losers (criminals, unavailable men, serial cheaters, jerks — a combination of any of the aforementioned...

This was written several months ago, but never shared publicly. There’s a lesson here, folks. The Universe works things out in its own...