Footsteps To Freedom

You put your fist in my face and blackened my eye and I kept moving You stripped me of my dignity, but I still walked away with my head held high and I kept moving You tried to break me, but I was only able to bend! And I kept moving! Martin Luther King said…

 “I never been the type that deal with emotions. You have a lot of emotional people out here.” I kept reading this sentence over again to try to understand it. I thought emotions were a part of who we are and how we are wired. Does it matter if we are emotionless? Aren’t emotions how…

She said, “We all wear masks and sometimes it’s hard to take them off because we don’t want others to see our vulnerabilities. Someone else added, “But the real beauty is behind the mask!”. And they are both right. We can be so unsure of ourselves, so critical. My hair is too short or too…

It does not matter what we go through, going through and have gone through, we have managed to overcome and be resilient and stronger from the experience. Most times we do not know how strong we are. This comes from years of hearing we are weak, stupid, or dumb. We continue to play at tape…

Watch your connections! Watch who you give your heart to. Watch who you share your mind with. Never reveal your dreams or aspirations. Watch your connections! Just when you think someone is excited for you or want you in their life, you start to see the cracks in the foundation. It will begin subtle. Then…

Experts say, “You only live once people!…..that’s not a true statement. You only die once, You live every single day of your life. However, only you can determine how you are going to live

Today was a distressing day for me. It was my first Mother’s Day without my mom. On November 22, 2021, my mother took her final breath and transitioned from Earth to Glory. My mother was 96 years old but for me, it still was not enough time. I wanted her to outlive me so I…

Mother’s Day is coming. There will be lot of wrapped gifts in beautiful packages and all these wonderful smiles and laughter when the presents are open. There will be flowers, candy, housecoats, and robes. There will be diamonds and pearls given in “love.” After the festivities we go to our perspective homes and look at…

Push past the urge to stay in an uncomfortable situation because it feels comfortable. Nothing is more distressing than to be somewhere you do not want to be. Moving on in your life doing NOTHING you want or wanted to do for the sake of feeling comfortable and avoiding conflicts. Healing involves making hard choices…

Why is it when people fight, they yell at the top of their voice? It is because the louder they yell, the more they think they are right. Yelling does not mean you are right; all it means is you are incapable of controlling your emotions. Most abusers have a knack for making you feel…