Dear Diary, All I did was ask him how he was doing. All he had to do was answer the question. That's it! Just answer the question! But nooo, he does what he always does. He turned the question back on me. That’s when I went silent. I didn’t plan to shut down. But lately, everything he does gets under my skin. It wasn’t always like this. We used to laugh. We used to have fun. We used to love slow dances in the rain, candlelit picnics, holding hands and stolen kisses by the fir

Dear Diary,   I love Lizzie. I really do. I plan on making her my wife one day but I’m at my wits end.   She’s upset with me…again. She’s giving me the silent treatment…again. I’m not sure how long this episode will last. The current record so far is a week and a half.      I didn’t mean for my response to come out the way it did.   She asked how I was doing - but she asked it the way people do when they don’t really care about the answer. I responded the way I usually do, t

Dear Diary, This past week, I saw a video that not only went viral, but also reminded me of an event that happened in my life. The video was of a young woman, from Hampton, Virginia, standing before the congregation at True Vine Apostolic Church of Christ, announcing that she’s pregnant. She goes on to apologize for getting pregnant and proceeds to ask the church for forgiveness. Once she was finished, Bishop Terry W. Jackson, the pastor and founder of the church, followed up

Dear Diary,   The other night, I sat down and binged watched the drama series She's Gotta Have It. Just like the movie, the series is written and directed by Spike Lee and he does not disappoint. The characters are still colorful, the scenic shots of New York are spectacular, the art work is breathtaking and the music is hypnotic.   Nola Darling is the main character. She’s a young, talented artist who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She loves old movies, good music and she has

Dear Diary, Erato, one of the goddess of poetry who inspires love, paid me a visit: I woke up this morning with you on my mind A song in my heart and this simple little rhyme I closed my eyes and tried to rewind time Time, rewind...Rewind, Time. Back to last night when we were together We escaped to “our world” where no one else mattered We laughed, we kissed, we held each other tight We giggled, we talked, we mmmmm Yeah…that was nice But there’s no need to rewind time Our lo