I have been on Unemployment benefits from my state since my layoff just before the summer. I got on food stamps because I needed to be able to feed my son and unemployment is not enough. I have a spreadsheet tracker with all the jobs I have applied for since March and every time I […]
I don’t know how to mourn you because the you that left us is certainly not the you that I grew up with. The you that I recall was the one who held space for me in her home, always had kind words to direct my way, and an ear for my voice when I […]
It’s as ice my skin prickly goosebumps and frustration my heart thumping within the ice block you direct my way I will warm again I am sure But I need to fly away from you.
This year thus far has been a bit of a roller coaster. Losing a job has been the big thing. And right at the time when so many others have lost theirs as well and the ecosystem is flooded with uncertainty and instability.’ It’s easy to get dizzy with disappointment. Applications are sent in but […]
Unsure at what point the mantle of choice settled onto my head and heart. I suddenly silently understood that it was all on me to choose and nobody else could choose a path a direction, a love, a journey, a feeling for me. I choose.
Kusema na kutenda Guiding principles for 2024. But pushing it even further – don’t just talk about it, be about it. It’s easy to speak on different things, serious topics or casual issues but the real work involves following up and doing what you said you would do. I read somewhere or social media’d somewhere […]
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