In 2016, I made my Facebook profile picture a sign that said “Joy is an act of resistance.” The words rang true and aspirational. I wanted to be a joyful person. I wanted to believe that having joy was possible despite years of living with depression and anxiety, doing extensively…

For something to be a pillar it must offer support, dependability, and strength. You can lean on a pillar and it will hold you up. You can lean on a pillar and it will give you a sense of presence and actuality. …

*****Heads up! This article includes exploring being depressed. If you or someone you love is in need of help with mental and emotional health issues, please reach out to a medical professional. Sending love your way.***** For months I had been readying myself to share my heart’s passion project. I…

Over a year ago I wrote a Medium post about my effort to slow down my life. It ended up being a bit of a rant about the erasure of Black women from digital content exploring slow living. …

Two months ago I stopped writing to focus on my paid work. I was excited to see my earnings finally increase to something that felt fair to me. …

10 months ago I declared to the world (okay, my 800 Facebook friends), that I want to be a writer. I was intent on being intentional about writing too. With my still new-found freedom of not working full-time, I even dedicated Mondays as my writing day. …

Virginia Woolf‘s enduring gift of words that a woman should have a room of her own has finally hit home for me. In particular, Woolf’s talk where she offered these words referenced the intersections between women and writing fiction. In order to do so, women need privacy, autonomy, power —…

I was nineteen years old when I had my first child. After my family had invested money, time, and other resources into me attending private school all of my life, coming home after my freshman year of college pregnant was not cool. It was then that I really began my…

This started out as a post berating myself about how I spend my precious time. I’ve been frustrated by not doing enough and saying unkind things to myself. Who else does that? When it comes to household tasks, there are things that need to get done and I will do…