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 place May 30th- June...

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, community and family....

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 you. Now you may...