Daana
Blast From the Past.
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...
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Daana
- Aug 10, 2017
- 2 min
Reclaiming My Time: On Why I’m Not Attending My Class Reunion.
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...
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Daana
- Jul 2, 2017
- 2 min
Relishing A Sister’s Misfortune.
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...
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Daana
- May 31, 2017
- 3 min
Inadvertent Petty.
[ 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...
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Daana
- Apr 30, 2017
- 1 min
My Prom from Hell.
My Prom From Hell: A Thread — D. (@retrosoul__) April 30, 2017 It was wild. And all things considered, I was very fortunate that it...
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Daana
- Apr 9, 2017
- 3 min
No Pain, No Gain?
Betty Wright strikes me as one of those aunties, waxing poetic about her experiences with men — schooling us young girls on what (and...
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Daana
- Mar 1, 2017
- 2 min
Petty on Reserve.
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...
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Daana
- Feb 28, 2017
- 2 min
Privilege To Be Petty.
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...
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Daana
- Dec 17, 2016
- 1 min
Claiming It — Goodness in Year Four.
“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,...
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Daana
- Dec 15, 2016
- 3 min
Agency, Silence and Closure.
“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...
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Daana
- Dec 11, 2016
- 5 min
Side Chick.
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...
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Daana
- Nov 27, 2016
- 3 min
Unchecked Motives.
After a heated argument with my ex today, he likened our “friendship” to an abusive relationship. While my initial thought was, “This man...
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Daana
- Nov 25, 2016
- 4 min
Staying Gold — Third Time’s the Charm.
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...
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Daana
- Nov 23, 2016
- 4 min
Standing in the Light, Part I.
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 —...
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Daana
- Nov 22, 2016
- 2 min
REWIND: Kryptonite.
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,...
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Daana
- Nov 20, 2016
- 4 min
The World Owes You Nothing.
“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...
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Daana
- Nov 19, 2016
- 3 min
Unfinished Business.
Do you remember the film, The Best Man (1999)? Taye Diggs’ character, “Harper Stewart” was writing a memoir recalling past experiences...
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Daana
- Nov 18, 2016
- 1 min
No Room for Love.
Why I involve myself with losers (criminals, unavailable men, serial cheaters, jerks — a combination of any of the aforementioned...
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Daana
- Nov 17, 2016
- 2 min
REWIND: Karma’s Revenge, Part II.
This was written several months ago, but never shared publicly. There’s a lesson here, folks. The Universe works things out in its own...
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Daana
- Nov 15, 2016
- 3 min
Context, Part II (This Really Deserves a More Personal Title).
This is a continuation of the abridged version of my pertinent relationship history. My second, and the most recent real relationship...
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