Hoping to give more to the world than I will ever take from it.
Our hearts waved goodbye as we blew kisses into the wind. Before today, together forever was a promise. We didn’t shake on it, but as our lips locked for the first the time a pact was made. We were in love. A love so strong that if we died of old age and were reincarnated, […]
Read More Where Do Broken Hearts Go?I’ve never shied away from talking about my battle with depression and anxiety. Triggered by my mother’s passing away, I’ve fought through the highs and lows and shared my story through that journey. And the reason I share these stories is to always stress this point: therapy saved me, and it can save you or […]
Read More Zimbabwe: A Conversation About Mental Illness, Stigma, and How We Can Do BetterAs the dust settles and the amber and ashes cool after days of violence in Zimbabwe, I took a step back to understand how we got here.
Read More On Zimbabwe: A Quick Story of How We Embraced ViolenceI’m lazy, but always eager to share my reading choices from popular Good Black Reads Instagram page. So I write 3 sentence book reviews! Today’s review: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah Erma Bombeck said there is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and […]
Read More My 3 Sentence Book Review: Born a CrimeWhen I was about fourteen years old, my father once told me a story. We were about twenty minutes from home and had just come from running an errand for my mother. Well, my father had. I was just along for the ride. “Kwapi, imagine I wanted to send you on a long journey. Now […]
Read More My Father Warned Me About Candy and BananasI’m lazy, but always eager to share my reading choices from popular Good Black Reads Instagram page. So I write 3 sentence book reviews! Today’s review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Sometimes you get lucky and come across a book that is as good as the hype, and The Hate U Give is definitely one […]
Read More My 3 Sentence Book Review: The Hate U GiveI’m lazy, but always eager to share my reading choices from popular Good Black ReadsInstagram page. So I write 3 sentence book reviews! Today’s review: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Just the premise alone, Zombies roaming around during the Civil War had me curious. And within reading the first few pages, I was hooked: the characters, the […]
Read More My 3 Sentence Book Review: Dread Nation