In the spring of 2009, my life was in a state of flux. My assignments were dwindling after several years of contributing to the Arts & Entertainment section of The Dallas Morning News, and I was expecting our third child. I wanted to continue writing but didn’t know what my options were. Salvation came by… Continue reading Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone
Tag: Dallas Morning News/Briefing Column
Relationships 101: What NOT To Do
In less than a month’s time, we’ll be experiencing a family first: a freshman and senior attending high school. Their classes have already been chosen, back to school shopping is underway and both of our girls are looking forward to the lessons they’ll learn and the friends they’ll make. However, thanks to a pair… Continue reading Relationships 101: What NOT To Do
The List: Sharing This Sistah’s Life Rules
“You are a ghost driving a meat-covered skeleton made from stardust riding a rock floating through space. Fear nothing.” —–Nev Schulman Let’s keep it real, shall we? As of today, knock on wood, I am a half a century old and some change. Although I don’t consider myself ancient per se, I have developed… Continue reading The List: Sharing This Sistah’s Life Rules
New Year’s Musings: Tipping Into 2023
Happy New Year! I am so glad to be on the other side of 2023 with you all. No matter how you greet it, witnessing the arrival is an accomplishment and a chance to begin anew. As we observe and immerse ourselves within this passage of time, one can’t help but to take inventory of… Continue reading New Year’s Musings: Tipping Into 2023
Critical Truths, Racist Lies
On Independence Day in 2020, a clamoring throng toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus Baltimore neighborhood of Little Italy. When the cheering protesters dragged it down and sunk it beneath the depths of Inner Harbor, the statue became the latest symbol of societal change and a harbinger of a larger reckoning about the hypocrisy and… Continue reading Critical Truths, Racist Lies