Scandal

Originally posted on My Pocket of the Universe:
My boyfriend and I have taken a lazy day off today. So we’re having a Scandal marathon. Season 4 is filled with so much drama. Olivia Pope  Fixing broken codes, giving second chances to heartless souls. Not playing by the books, green light given to undeserving crooks.…

My Goals for 2016 

2016 Goals Publish Playing with Fire Finish writing Playing with Fire II Healthier lifestyle Save more, spend less Pray more Continue to count my blessings Perfect my craft (writing and poetry) I usually don’t do “New Year’s resolutions”, but I always tell myself I am going to make some goals for myself for the upcoming…

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My Goals for 2016 

2016 Goals Publish Playing with Fire Finish writing Playing with Fire II Healthier lifestyle Save more, spend less Pray more Continue to count my blessings Perfect my craft (writing and poetry) I usually don’t do “New Year’s resolutions”, but I always tell myself I am going to make some goals for myself for the upcoming…

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The Holidays Couldn’t Have Been Better

Christmas was pretty awesome this year. One of the reasons for my exciting holiday weekend was my best friend coming to town. Although I had just seen her in October, it felt great to convince her to spend her holiday with me, rather than at home. Her birthday was also after Christmas, so it gave…

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Taking a Leap Into New Girly Territory

Anyone who knows me knows that I have not one girly bone in my body! I grew up a hard core tomboy and never thought I would change. Well, now I can proudly say that I have taken new leaps into my womanliness LOL…. So, without further adu:     I present to you Whitney 2.0:…

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Will Things Get Better?

An unarmed Black man gets gunned down by police, because they posed “some type of threat.”  Man or woman ends up dead in police custody in a jail cell.  Everyday I look at social media or the news and another person has been shot and killed.  Everyday, I see a new #JusticeFor… hashtag.  Everyday, a…

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When it’s Time to Upgrade Your Status from #Bae to #Wifey 

I believe that in some way, all women are similar in one regard when it comes to relationships; everything is going pretty well, and then all of a sudden, a couple years down the line, they start to get “the itch”. What is the itch you say?  The #Upgrade itch.  I mean picture it; you…

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Presence

Sometimes, all people really want or desire from you is your presence. They want you to be present; mentally and physically.  They want you to understand, or at least appear to understand them in their time of need. One thing I want to be more of is present.  I feel that I spend a lot…

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Dear Woman 

   For those days that we need it most….. 😉 

Footnotes for Kanye

One of my favorite poets just dropped some serious heat with her new poem, “Footnotes for Kanye”. I’m not even going to waste time with saying how powerful the poem is, I’m going to drop the link and let you hear for yourself!