i’m going to preface this story by stating: black mothers are historically known for complete intolerance of public foolishness as displayed by their children. like if you ever happen to happen upon a black children in full tantrum you will notice other black children collectively holding their breath and clinching their teeth silently praying for…
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Grown Up, Gifted and Working to Make a Difference
I grew up gifted. One day I was a snotty nosed 4th grader with double plaits, a champion Chinese jax competitor and neighborhood double dutch Jedi. The next I was given a test, put on a yellow bus and shipped off to a school for ‘special’ kids. To say it pissed me off would be an…
What I Need Most Is…Me (Hold the Self-Criticism)
how old were you when you first began to believe in your imperfections? when you actually started to buy into the idea that you were less than your potential…that there was something more you needed to strive to become. when did you first begin to squelch your quirks? when did you first walk past a…
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #10 In Order to Lose You Have to Let Go
Bringing home the bacon, frying it in a pan, and helping someone else feel like they’re a man is recipe for cardiopulmonary disease. Don’t believe the hype. I would say I fell off the wagon. Falling off the wagon implies, however, that this absence from the blogosphere was a happenstance, a misstep, an error. And…
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #7 Know When to Say When
It never fails if I have the energy I don’t have the time and when I have the time I don’t have the energy. Okay since I have re-dedicated this blog to wondering thoughts of my personal weight loss journey I have been juggling 4 pounds. One week I’m done the next week I’m up…
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #6 Complacency Will Be The Death of You
You can be cute and fat, but you won’t be healthy. I have spent quite a bit of time in the last 20 years hiding my ‘ass’ets. There have been too big shirts and baggy jeans, stretch pants, sweat pants and skirts with asymmetrical hems. After so many tugs, pulls and spanx I’ve generally been…
Wanda’s Rules for Weight Loss: Rule #4 Slow and Steady
Quick weight loss schemes are like one night stands. I have never taken the grapefruit challenge. Nor have I ever consumed lemon water laced with cayenne pepper for seven days straight. I haven’t taken the soup challenge or the subway diet. I don’t want a ‘cookie’ meal. Nor am I interested in drinking my dinner,…
s.a.d. follows valentine’s (even the calendar is sarcastic)
twilight-isms have yielded a world where love hurts and behind every corner there is a would be billionaire vampire waiting to sweep you off your feet and carry you into his dungeon of kink-dom making your every wish come true so fire up pinterest and get your wedding dress on while tagging your boards with…
winterborn (in memory of vernell d. williams)
i am a woman born in winter when all goes pale and dormant i come alive with new ideas invigorated i pack for unchartered territories within and at times without map or guide wondering where can i go who can i be and where will i land if i just jump from this place of…
decidedly unresolved
i will still be fat in the morning my house will not be free of dustbunnies and no closer to millionairehood then the night before i decidedly resolve to remain unresolved my heart is complicated and at times my thoughts a bit twisted i don’t always make wise choices my scale & bank account attest the…
fearfree living 