It doesn't matter, though He doesn't have what it takes to be with a girl like me Not overdramatic, I know what I want We're leaving the planet, and you can't come – Chappell Roan So this song Super Modern Ultra Graphic Girl by Chappell Roan came on Spotify from the Love Island USA playlist, ... read more >
Three-Day Fast Even though I’ve stepped away from organized religion for the foreseeable future, I am still very much in tune with my spiritual life and had a sense to fast as the seasons shifted from Summer to Fall. The Autumnal Equinox occurred on September 22, 2025, which also coincided with the Jewish Holiday of ... read more >
One Bite at a Time I want a different job and environment, but I am focusing on the steps and not the outcome, especially in this terrible job market The job market right now is a dumpster fire. Hiring tends to pick up in the fourth quarter as companies attempt to finalize their headcount and ... read more >
During the 2025 Fall Push, one of the YouTube girlies I follow had us make a list of what makes us feel good. I started reading romance books during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and have continued to do so since then. I really enjoy romantic comedies. I am also loving that there are so ... read more >
The first week of the Fall Push is in the books, and it started with a bang. I received confirmation that an era of my life has come to an end. The end of an era: RELEASE ME For about four years, I was heavily involved in ministry at a local church. I even worked ... read more >
I spent this past summer in the doldrums, mourning a life that never was, and all the ways I felt I had wasted time and disappointed myself, ultimately leading to my current state of dissatisfaction and disappointment with my life. Over the Labor Day Weekend, something flipped in my mindset. Yesterday is gone, and I ... read more >
Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul is a “mockumentary” directed by Adamma Ebo, and follows Lee Curtis Childs, a disgraced megachurch pastor, and his wife, Trinitee Childs, as they attempt a comeback after falling from grace due to Lee Curtis’s scandalous behavior. It is not difficult to discern that this movie is based on the ... read more >
While the rest of the United States was sizzling due to record-setting heatwaves during the summer of 2025, the city of San Francisco seemed confused about what month it was. It resembled January and February more than June and July. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the first two months of “summer” in the ... read more >
Last year, our book club read a book written by Terry McMillan, which felt like catching up with an old girlfriend because I haven’t read a Terry McMillan book in years! Yes, the author of Disappearing Acts, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, and the classic Waiting to Exhale is still writing and still writing ... read more >
In the summer of 2024, my mother passed away after a brief illness. Her death came as a shock to our family, and for days after, I was numb while racked with feelings of guilt, sadness, anger, and overwhelm. I set an intention to deal with the grief around her death. I did not want ... read more >
