We all have an HIV story. This could have been mine. “Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of …
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Wednesday
It was a Wednesday. Hump day. Hmph day, if you ask me. It was a Wednesday. As ordinary a Wednesday as has ever been, when he walked into my life. He said something nice and, feeling charitable, I replied. It was a Wednesday and I wasn’t expecting anything. Certainly not to meet the love of …
Baby
I don’t need to hear you call me ‘Baby’ in the first conversation. You’re good at that. You’re good at turning interest into desire in minutes and you’re good at convincing me that desire will turn into love. In fact, you’re good at telling me you love me. You’re good at brewing a storm of …
Angry (Black) Woman
A man I know told me that he saw anger in my writing and ever since then I have been angry. I am in the midst of awakening the woman I have always been. She is angry. She is angry at the society that taught her to reach for anything and achieve everything, but judges …
Top Ten Reasons Why I’m Still Single
Relationship status: single. If I am honest, this is more of a problem for other people than it is for me. I can’t understand why these men don’t see how wonderful my daughter is. I’ve been thinking about that sentence ever since my mother casually dropped it into our conversation a few weeks ago. In …
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