Part 1 This post ended up being so long that I decided to break it up into two parts! To revise the iconic quote from Sidney Shaw on Brown Sugar, “When did you first fall in love with reading?” Long before I became a writer, I was a reader. My dad required me to read and great thing for me, I fell in love with it. Nothing made my reader insides tingle more with excitement and pride than getting to attend Black Romance Book Festival in Atlanta, Georgia! The festival took plac

Nearly three years ago I joined Fit Body Bootcamp and am working toward completing my 400th session! Even though I hoped that I would have more by now, I give myself grace and recognize that what I have accomplished is still over 350 sessions than I have ever done over any period of time! I have always been active in one way or another, but I have struggled with consistency. My consistency struggles have a lot to do with the other demands of my life including career, communit

If you were in high school or college when Juvenile said “taking over for the 99 and 2000s”, then you need a colonoscopy. If you are the last of Generation X and the first of the Millennials, or you identify as a Xenial or Cusper you need a colonoscopy. If you were there when Stella got her groove back and when Q and Monica played for love then you need to prepare to tell everyone “Don’t nobody go in that bathroom for about 35-45 minutes” as Mr. Jones aka Craig’s daddy told y

Me at ATI physical therapy Did I sleep wrong? Did I work out too hard? It was those triceps exercises that are the bane of my existence that did it I bet. Maybe it was going up in weight in bicep curls. I need to adjust the arm of my chair at work. This numbness and tingling while I type is reminiscent of when I had ulnar neuropathy. I’ll give it a few days and see what happens. I’ll try not to sleep on it. I’ll skip my work out for a few days too. Hmm, this is not resolving

Embrace- accept or support willingly and enthusiastically Have you ever felt like you were just going through the motions? Have you ever just pressed your way because you had to or because it was what was expected of you, but you weren’t necessarily happy about it? Well, you’re in good company. Last year my word for the year was gratitude and it suited me. It carried me well through the year. For the most part I felt thankful in most things and my word served as a reminder w

Writing Retreat 2025 In March 2021 four women embarked on what was the beginning of the Busy Bee Writing Retreat. After the weekend, we felt so accomplished and appreciated taking time out of our busy lives to do something strictly for ourselves and our writing endeavors. The first official Busy Bee Writing Retreat happened in September 2021 at a lake house in Shelby County with a total of seven women: the same four from before plus three more! This all-inclusive retreat de

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month is coming to a close and I promised myself that I would take this opportunity to share a few...

Hi Confessions Family, It’s been a long time since I have been here! A lot has happened but I’ll get into that more later. I came here to...