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Don’t Be A Soup Kitchen For the Emotionally Homeless

Posted on September 7, 2011 | 7 Comments
I am into my fourth week of my 6-Months-No-Dating-Pledge, and learning some really HARD truths about myself. It has been rough to examine my vulnerabilities and flaws. Surprisingly, however, I’ve found that taking responsibility for my own life and it’s current path has also taken...
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Jesus Doesn’t Need Help, Either

Posted on August 14, 2011 | 4 Comments
I was overwhelmed by the stats and Facebook “likes” on a post I published in passing and probably the shortest post I’ve written yet, “Before You Go See The Help.” Though a much smaller number than those who agreed with the post, I was also...
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The Prodigal Lover

Posted on October 3, 2010 | 6 Comments
So every now and again, I completely lose my mind, forget myself, and go on dates with men God has clearly shown me — in more ways than one — that I have no business being around. Inevitably, the date is a disaster, I am...
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Do You Trust Me?

Posted on September 13, 2010 | 22 Comments
In my childhood favorite movie, the main character, Aladdin — posing as Prince Ali Ababwa — flies his magic carpet up to Princess Jasmine’s bedroom window and asks her to climb aboard and go for a ride with him. “Do you trust me?” he asks,...
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Family Feud

Posted on August 23, 2010 | 4 Comments
If you’ve never seen the T.V. gameshow “Family Fued,” its title may mislead you. It is not a reality show wherein families argue and publicly air their dirty laundry. Instead, a family — a team of all sorts of blood relatives – pool their knowledge...
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Twisted: Why Nothing About Jesus is Keeping You Single & Lonely

Posted on August 19, 2010 | 43 Comments
I started writing this post in response to Deborrah Cooper’s article, “The Black Church: How Black Churches Keep African American Women Single and Lonely,” back in June when I first read it. Since it was clear that Ms. Cooper lacked even the tiniest grasp on...
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Quarter-Life: Hold the Crisis

Posted on July 31, 2010 | 26 Comments
Today, July 31st, is my twenty-fifth birthday. Cue the obligatory quarter-life crisis: What have I done with my life? Where am I going? Why am I going there? Am I on the right track? Did I make the right choices? HOW DID I GET HERE????...
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Validation — And The Desperate Need To Justify Dumb Stuff You Did

Posted on April 2, 2010 | 4 Comments
“Surrender” So you did a dumb thing. (And by you, I mean, me. Excuse me while I talk sense to myself in about 400 words or less.) You know it was dumb. You knew it was dumb when you did it. But, in an effort...
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Light’s Out: An emotionally unavailable woman’s attempt at atonement

Posted on March 7, 2010 | 17 Comments
From http://woldcnews.com/local/berniemccain/do-dc-taxicab-drivers-discriminate/ As any non-driving District inhabitant knows: shiny yellow cab light on = run and catch me first and I’m all yours! Cab light off = shove off, I’m taken. So if the riders understand the boilerplate D.C. taxicab sign-language, you’d think its creators–the...
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A Guy to Take the “L”

Posted on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
Unless you are late to The Dithering or my life, you are probably aware of my Grey’s Anatomy obsession, as well as the fact that I can make any scene from that show directly relate to my life (that stuff is, real, man! You don’t...
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