Blog Post
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I love working in Elementary Schools even though that is not where my career started. I was a Middle School/Secondary person who really wanted to teach Middle/High Social Studies and English. I worked in secondary school for the first six years of my educational journey, then when I moved to Maryland, I got my first
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Things are not always over when they end. The residue of situations can leave a stain on our emotions and the aftermath is often overwhelming. You’re left with feelings that you have to navigate separately from the shame you’ve inflicted on yourself. You’re also left to cope with loss. When you suffer loss, you deal
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Instinct naturally directs us to fight or flight in situations when we don’t always know our next steps. It is sometimes easier to run than fight, especially when you’ve exhausted all your strength and resources. It’s simpler to pack it all up and go back to the familiar and comfortable, when situations stretch us out
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I haven’t written or blogged in such a long time. It feels good to be in a space that I can dedicate time back to this passion of mine. It’s been a hell of a year and some change, as I sought to find balance as a school leader during the pandemic. That shit was
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“Rainy days and Mondays always get me down, but this would go down as the worst in history.” When I created the piece Diagnostic, it had been a few years into my diagnosis and I was trying to find the beauty in being HIV positive, but I was latched on to the stigma. I had
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So, birthdays always signify the new year for me. It’s funny because my friends always choose their words, declarations, and images for the year in January, and I always refuse. This is a moment for me to reflect on another year of life and determine what my focus would be. The conversation I had with
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Recently, I was listening to a song that struck a very powerful memory for me. PJ Morton was on the radio singing “Mountains and Molehills” and it took me back to 9 years ago when I made the trek to Maryland in my father’s truck with $600 in my pocket that I had borrowed from
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Friday morning, I sat in a zoom call, trying to recollect myself after hearing and watching the stories of two black men being gunned down; 1 for jogging through a neighborhood, 1 for running from police while on FB live. My boss asked me repeatedly was I ok. She wondered why I was so quiet.
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First of all, TimeHop is the devil. This needed to be said. I’ve been seeing a lot of my triggers start to resurface as we kicked off the new year. I started reliving some trauma I had faced previously. I started being reminded of how things weighed me down and how poorly I handled them
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January seems to be the longest month of the year. Every single year, but I took some time to give myself space to begin 2020 with a clear head and a calm spirit. I spent the past weekend on Lake Las Vegas enjoying the view, connecting with affinity groups, and having fun with someone very
Moments with Marcus 