“You know, you should win that every time.” The images move when I touch them, hunched over my phone To escape. I know what he says isn’t true. The cards can be stacked against me. And no matter what I lose. That’s okay. I don’t need to win. Winning isn’t… Continue reading
waiting… waiting… waiting… to be old enough to go to school tall enough to ride the roller coaster pretty enough to have a date waiting… waiting … waiting… to be mature enough to play adult save enough to buy a house stable enough to have a child waiting … waiting… Continue reading
For those who come after, don’t follow in my footsteps. My steps will lead you only to the path I followed. A path of uncertain footsteps, hemmed in by the guardrails of convention. A path filled with the boulders of societal expectations, And the sharp, broken shards of glass walls… Continue reading
I can recollect the voice inside me saying, Be. You’re the sunshine. The voice urging I was more than what others expected, what fit into their lives, what made them comfortable. I was more. More than just a mirror held up to others. More than a stale bread to complement… Continue reading
Today, I am sixty. An old woman With knees that creak And knobby fingers that Scarcely want to bend. Why do you fear me? I have lived an ordinary life. An unnoteworthy life. A normal life of high school, College, marriage, job, kids. It left yours untouched. So why… Continue reading
I am not Black, But neither am I White Or Male. I am not Black And have had the privilege Of walking safely in daylight Free from harassment Free from name-calling Free from threats. I am not Black But that privilege Was taken away from me By a… Continue reading
My son had turned one when Disney released its original Beauty And The Beast in 1991. I was enthralled with the fact that Belle – the main character in a mainstream animated movie – was intelligent. In fact, it was her primary characteristic! It gave me hope that my son… Continue reading
We enter this season of thankfulness for all that we have, in the midst of cries of “Not in my back yard.” No matter where you stand on accepting Syrian refugees into your area, they desperately need your help. This is a link to a list of vetted charities assisting… Continue reading
When I was practicing law, no law student said to me, “I’m going to get listed in Best Lawyers of America.” It takes seven years of higher education to become a lawyer, months of intensive studying to pass the bar exam, then more years of unrelenting work to build the kind… Continue reading
In my research for the novel, Choices, I became familiar with the horrors of gang-based societies – of the atmosphere of constant murder, rape, and torture of and by those we consider children, of parents extorted out of their meager resources so their daughters will not be taken, of mothers… Continue reading
