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Adds #beenaroundtheworld to playlist. Okay, I’m lying Lisa Stansfield has been on my playlist since 1989.

I booked my first round the world flight!

ATL ✈️ LHR ✈️ DXB ✈️ DPS ✈️ NRT ✈️ ATL

Cost:
ATL-LHR 30k AAmiles + $5.60
LHR-DXB 20k AAMiles + $230.70
DXB-DPS Emirates $6...

So I watch "This Is Us" a little behind everyone else.  Not intentionally, that's just how it happens.  

Well anyway, I was catching S3E16-Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away and I was triggered.  Not by the heartwarming hospital scenes between Toby and Kate, even t...

Originally written December 25, 2014.  I ended up injuring myself majorly on that run to catch my flight.  My first full day in Belize was spent in pain where I couldn’t even lift myself from the bed!  But using the local spirits (as in liquor) I pushed through.  

Origi...

My angel Neicy had been on my mind a lot lately. My recent move has me unpacking boxes that have been in storage for a few years. As I unpack the kitchen boxes I stumble upon the ‘friends’ tea set she gifted me one year.

Let me back up, I met Bernice Ann Calderon Kni...

I originally wrote this three years ago today for an old blog.   Thought I’d reshape it here as it still rings true.  

About #divineintervention and #sisterfriends
Posted on June 24, 2015

Yesterday at work in the middle of a conversation I bursted out in tears. Then afte...

That’s my pops.  His health and mental being are fading at a considerable rate.   

So a few weeks ago when I saw him for his birthday there were a few moments of clarity. In one of them he heartfully apologized for not being there as a father when he should have and no...

So many times people reach out asking about where to visit in the city that's close to my heart.  I compiled a list and have been forwarding it via email for years, I've decided to place it here for easy access and retrieval.  Please feel free to send me your feedback...

Yesterday was a rough day. I chose to self medicate and quickly go to sleep hoping to just not have to think about it all.
 

Looks like wine, but it’s moonshine. 

Elderly woman in her wheelchair silently taking in the memorial.  

She stops at a particular county and pulls herself up to read the names. Then lets out a wailing cry that seemed to come from her womb, maybe her soul, definitely her heart. 

It was a member of her famil...

I purchased PJs today y’all.  It’s really not a big deal until I realized why I had not worn nor purchased PJs since ... well I can’t remember.  

First of all I’m a nude sleeper.  

But when I visit someone’s home or travel with others I like to have some loungewear, out...