2007

Three slices of pizza, two bottle of wine and a chic flick later we are on to the gossip portion of the evening. Abby is busy going on about this new receptionist at Dave’s office and how she is always dressing in short, short skirts and tiny tops and how no one seems to care. “Hello, dress codes are there for a reason people, they need to be enforced.” “Yeah I hear ya.” I agree “So did Flynn tell you about the girl he has been seeing?” She just had to wait until I was taking a sip of wine to…

3… 2… 1… I shoot my jumper and the buzzer goes off. The people in the stands all begin to chant at our victory, my team rushes me, gets a hold of me, and lifts me up into the air. “We did it!” I did it. Game MVP with 38 points, 6 assist, 10 rebounds, and now I got that full ride to the University of Kentucky that I’ve been working for. I look up and see Mama crying in her diner uniform, she made sure that when she finished her shift at the hospital that she called Walt’s Diner to tell Mr. Henry…

This is a personal story to me, to understand this story we will have to start at from the beginning. I hope you enjoy this story and it is both entertaining and heartwarming to you as I am sharing a personal event in my life. Join me on this journey of discovery as I unveil one of the darker mysteries in my life. It was my fifth and final deployment with the Navy. It had been a long six years and it seemed like I was never home due to all the training evolutions and deployments I had been a…

We start are walk in silence but a question I have hangs in the air. I Decide to ask it, wondering what’s the worst that could happen. Nervous for his response I open in close my mouth a couple times, but eventually get the question out. “Why were you crying?” I ask. “Personal stuff,” he stiffens. I wonder if I went somewhere I should not have. “Secrets?” I ask. Wondering if I’m making the situation worse. “Yes,” he says.” “Well you won’t have to worry about it soon. The ceremony is in two…

Since kindergarden, I have always struggled. Behind in most classes, the only friend I still had was Brandon, the boy who once saved me. Acting as a parental figure, I looked up to him for everything, depending on him for any problems I had. In fact, he was the one who taught me to listen to everyone 's problems. However, on March 3rd, 1995, an event occurred that scarred me for life. As school finished, I got ready to go to the park like I always did. I was already in 2nd grade, and was…

My Life Soundtrack The first song I would have to choose is “ I’ve Been Watching You,” by Rodney Atkins. My favorite quote from this song would have to be, “He Said, I’ve been watching you dad, ain’t that cool. I’m your buck-a-roo, I wanna be just like you.” This quote has always gotten to me, especially from when I was very young. I have always wanted to be hardworking like my father, because I have always been proud of my father and I want him to be proud of me. The reason I have been proud…

I absolutely cannot deny it. Sometimes I go on little social media excursions, and it leads to people I may never have found without that little impromptu "rabbit chase." And in this case, I was quite fortunate to happen upon Jennifer Sorenson. While she is a very busy actress, producer, and writer, she took some time recently to chat with me about her most recent work, how she became an actress, and her strong feelings concerning women in the industry. RH: What was it that got you interested…

Jakiyah...I would be able to see & feel when you didn 't want to be with me. I could feel the unhappiness or awkwardness in between us. I knew that you didn 't like kissing me even when you texted me , you felt love but in reality felt nothing. Touching me was another Obstacle for you , I know you didn 't want to do anything physical. That 's why that Friday was special to me because you were actually getting close with me. If you forced yourself to get close to me well I 'm sorry for making you…

“Beach Reach is going to be a great thing. We plan to make a trip to Florida and spread faith!” Pastor Mark said enthusiastically. “You never know whose life you could change. We’ll be there during spring break, and there will be a lot of partiers there. If anything, we could save one drunk kid from doing something stupid.” “We even hand out fliers for free pancakes and stickers,” Danny added. Danny was a black man with dreads who, in my opinion, resembled the rapper T-pain. He was a…

harbored began wearing me thin. She sparkled even in the dullest of months, putting to shame the beautiful white snow that obscured the dying grass on the frozen ground. I was like that dying grass, I had begun to think. I was still beautiful too, but something far greater than me and that I had no control over had settled on top of me, covering my beauty. I knew the rules of the game by now. I started to think I could do it without her. She began gravitating to other girls, saying she…