Recently, I accidentally sent a full month’s salary to a friend. Following the error, the account I used for expenses had a noteworthy balance of $0.02. To say I panicked when I realized my error would be the understatement of the year. However, I am not one to just sit and dwell on the problem…
Tell me somethin’, girl Are you happy in this modern world? Or do you need more? Is there somethin’ else you’re searchin’ for? I’m falling In all the good times I find myself Longin’ for change And in the bad times I fear myself Tell me something, boy Aren’t you tired tryin’ to fill that…
“What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything is possible if a person believes.” – St. Mark 9:23 Earlier today, a YouTube notification led me to the trailer of a movie called “I Still Believe” that spoke to me. I wrote down the name of the movie, promising myself that I would watch it towards…
According to my bathroom scale, my slim 5’8 body now weighs 156 lbs. I know you may be wondering where I am going with this but just stay with me. Recently, I came across three things on Facebook: A post I had made in 2010 declaring I would put on at least 10 lbs. for…
In 2012, on the brink of entering university but with no money to finance my studies, I applied for three national scholarships. I know what you are probably thinking: “Yes, she definitely got one!” Sorry to disappoint you, nope I didn’t! I got shortlisted for one scholarship and felt certain that this was the way…
I am a water lover with a shameful secret… I can’t swim! Horrible?! I know right?! 😅 I had the below experience a while back… Please turn on video captions, if you are not a patois speaker or can’t hear clearly. I hope you laughed as much as I did when I came across this…
The biggest F-word is FEAR. It is one of the most debilitating factors that triggers one of the biggest bad words: SETTLING. One of my earliest memories is of 4/5 year old me wanting a baby. Instead of a baby, my mother gave me a Barbie doll. I burned it! About a year or so,…
So lately, my youngest sister and I have been spending a lot of time together. During our teenaged years, we weren’t close but I’ve come to really appreciate our growing closeness. As I get older, I realize that family truly means a lot. Enough with the sappy-ness. Here are a few lessons I’ve picked up…
This one is tough guys. This one is hard to write. Last week, much to my amazement, I heard myself saying, “I’ve changed this year. I feel much lighter.” It was strange but I’ve never thought much beyond the changes that I had felt in my gut needed to be made. Neither did I examine…
I am an hypocrite. In fact, if many of us should stop and think about it, we are very hypocritical when it comes to being honest with ourselves. By extension, we become hypocrites with God and others because frankly, in order to be honest with God or others, you must first be honest with yourself.…
