Do you remember when your transition into adulthood began? Do you remember a sense of self-awareness or crossing some kind of threshold into childhoods end? I have a few moments I remember but one that is notable happened when I was sixteen. Sitting on a hill with my friend overlooking a sunset one Sunday afternoon, […]
The Life you Avoid Might be the Life you Need
You watch your parents struggle and vow that will never be you. You’re going to have the “good life” and avoid all the pain you can. Who wants to make life about working, saving, nagging and never going anywhere? No one! So as soon as you think you’re old enough, you reject the lifestyle your […]
10 Signs you Suck at Self-Management
Most could say that we grew up with parents or invested adults telling us what to do. Clean your room, eat your veggies, don’t waste your money, organize your time. It’s no secret that most of the conflict that parents have with their children is in the area of discipline with the purpose of teaching […]
The Unsettling Fear of Being a Teen Mom
Once I was having a conversation with a young woman and asked her about her goals. She told me that she wanted to graduate and not get pregnant. It got me wondering about goals. Like, once they’ve made it past that…then what? I was a bit sad that she didn’t seem to have any other […]
Ready to Leave Home?
I hear a lot of teenagers talk about moving out. Youth as young as fifteen sometimes play around with the idea of moving out from under the wings of their parents. They are tired of having someone to answer to and think that moving out will solve that problem. Others get their first taste of freedom […]
A woman’s “place”
I had to get this off of my chest. Having just finished writing a book for young black women I know I’ll have to get used to people outside of my circle of friends knowing what I think. Thank you to those that have been reading my blogs, sharing and supporting me with your encouragement. […]
