Relax

This month has been rough. It just feels like the hits won’t stop coming. I get knocked down, I stand back up, and before I can even catch my breath, life starts lifing again. It’s been the kind of month that makes me wonder if I’m the main character in a spiritual boxing match I never signed up for. I’m feeling like the odds are stacked - and when I feel like a punching bag instead of me, it’s easy to slip into hopelessness. But here’s the truth I keep coming back to: God ne

Lately, I’ve been feeling something I didn’t expect - a gentle but persistent pull in a new professional direction. It started when I applied and was chosen to serve on our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. What I thought would be an opportunity to contribute and enhance my leadership skills to further my current professional path has turned into something far more personal and transformative. It’s as if stepping into this work nudged open a door I didn’t realize was

Just about a year ago, #NewOldBae and I decided that we wanted to move and have space where we could possibly move my mother in with us. As the Atlanta real-estate market would prove, it was not the best decision at that time. With high interest rates and the type of house that we needed, the math was just not mathing! One day, we were over at my mother’s house and down in the basement where we lived back in 2001 when we were together the first time. We began to reminisce abo