Category: Work Chronicles

Work Chronicles… Unable to support WSSU Men’s and Women’s (I really only go for the women cause the men are in a “rebuilding” phase 😂) Basketball teams in person today but I am with them in spirit wearing my #UrbanArgyle#HBCUGrad socks. Took a blind and partially deaf patient some snacks dropped off by a sick family member. She… Continue reading 01.13.2018

My spirit is telling me this slogan will be used a lot this year, and depending upon November’s election results, my patience may become nonexistent. I’ve learned my lack of patience has come from having to code-switch, which increased after participating in multiple Racial Equity Institute (REI) Trainings. I encourage you to participate in one… Continue reading Thick Thighs…Thin Patience

I attended a Holiday Party of a friend who is also the mother of three sons. I was discussing the challenges I was having and she confirmed Michai’s current grade level. She later said, “Oh yea…7th and 10th grades are the toughest!” I stood in her kitchen in disbelief because: 1. She was right, because… Continue reading End Of Quarter/Semester Woes…

Upon graduating from Leadership Winston-Salem in 2017, I made a commitment to be the voice for the voiceless. That commitment has come with a hefty price. I have been a member of the Human Relations and Healthcare committees since graduation, and this year I was “hoodwinked” into being the Chair of Human Relations. Although I… Continue reading I Live Human Relations

I’ve been inboxed on a few different occassions because of content I’ve posted on Facebook. One instance was because of a political post that resulted in the person telling me how wrong I was. I don’t mind being told I’m wrong. I also don’t mind having a healthy debate. It didn’t seem like the content… Continue reading That Time I Was Offered Unseasoned Chicken…(an IG video reminded me)

D.A.R.E=Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Participated and graduated from the program in the 5th grade, and by 6th grade…I was skipping school, smoking weed and drinking with a group of High Schoolers; one of whom is currently in prison for murdering someone while high on cocaine. More about that another time, but the moral to this… Continue reading D.A.R.E…To Keep A Kid Off Drugs

Yesterday took a lot out of me, so it was a while before I got moving. Michai never hears me say, “Fold the clothes in the dryer…wash the dishes before we go…we’re leaving in 20 minutes…” etc., yet he heard me mention to my sister, while he was “ear hustling,” I was thinking about taking… Continue reading Today’s Work Chronicles…