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Dear Jerry from Walgreens.
When I approached the counter this morning, you gasped and declared me to be the most beautiful woman you had ever seen. A bit taken aback, I smiled underneath my mask (and yes, I wondered how you appreciated my beauty with a full mask covering my face with only my eyes visible) and thanked you. [...]
A Stoop Wedding.
So, this pandemic and the resulting quarantine has proved, over and over again, that necessity truly is the mother of invention. I’ve seen people find creative ways to continue living and doing: roll-by parties (especially for 2020 graduates), young folks creating sanitized ways to hug their family and loved ones, so on. And one favorite [...]
Square Peg Stories. (#2)
Welcome to Friyay, and welcome to our second Square Peg Story. (Look for this feature twice a month on Fridays.) Today, you're going to meet Lauren. I've known this lovely beacon of light for several years now and have always been impressed by her positivity, her smile, her talent, and her fashion sense, among other [...]
Speaking of Photoshoots…
Facebook reminded me that this was my cover photo four years ago today. Some facts about this shot: 1. It was part of a professional photoshoot we did while on our amazing girls’ trip to Paris. 2. That trip was four years ago in February. 3. It was freezing cold. 4. I’m not exaggerating. 5. [...]
Singleton Photoshoots: The Quarantine Edition.
If you live alone like me and still have dress-up time during this quarantine (I happily put on makeup and shed the sweats for my weekly worship Zoom meetings and virtual ministry), selfies become a bit tiresome. Because all you largely do is selfie, quarantine or no. Alas: I have a solution, dear Singleton. You [...]
Square Peg Stories. (#1)
Welcome to a brand new feature on TSP. By now, I'm sure you've captured the following about this little corner of the Internets: Women's empowerment means the world to me. Every woman has a journey and a story, and I'm significantly interested in both. It's not just about me. All that said, we have a [...]
A Black Woman and Her Hair.
***This post was inspired by a video I watched last night on YouTube from Whitney White, a natural hair influencer that I took note of years ago when I began my natural hair journey. See the video here. While watching the video, I felt the deeper implications of the joy Whitney felt when she cut [...]
Dear 2020.
I thought this was going to be our year. Remember, as 2019 fell to pieces and I began to slowly breathe again after one of thee most rotten 12 months of all time, what I whispered to you? That you would be different? That I would fall in love in 2020? That I'd find a [...]
On Fitness: The Quarantine Edition
Like I said in my previous post, I've been in no race to work out during this quarantine. *shrug* Anxiety, inertia, and just wrapping my brain around we're actually in a lockdown/quarantine while in the midst of a global pandemic tends to remove the desire to do anything but sit there and drink it all in. [...]
