Have you ever heard the phrase, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him YOUR plans?” Well, Teesa definitely made God chuckle, as she planned out her future upon…
A couple of months ago as I sat in the breakroom, (okay, I was really sitting in my office off-task) but I was scrolling through social media and the news,…
Forty years…it took me forty years! Up until eight short months ago, I did not know who my biological father was. When I prayed as a teenager, I often referred…
“You must not know ‘bout me. I can have another you in a minute.” Queen Bey sang this as an empowerment anthem for women in disintegrating relationships. I suppose it…
If life begins at conception, so does motherhood. I remember reading a post in which a woman introduced her family. She shared, “I have four children, which includes an angel-baby.” …
Being a Muslim wife/family in the military…Ooh this is a heavy one. When I was first asked to write this, I was excited but also unsure, because I did not…
“Are you ashamed of me, because I’m an Officer?” The question caught me off-guard. My heart sank. I just finished telling my husband about the wonderful posts on the Black…
When someone says that his/her spouse is deployed, my empathy immediately goes out to the person left behind while also praying for their spouse’s safety. When it comes to the spouses…
As a child, I didn’t have many Birthday parties. No, we weren’t Jehovah’s Witnesses. We–my siblings and I–just didn’t have many Birthday parties. As a pre-teen, I was in the Big Brother & Sister program, and…
Earlier in the relationship, you were probably more risky. Boundless intimacy on the patio while the neighbors in the adjacent apartment building could look on–if they just happened to walk outside–made your heart…