The Launch of Survival Intention

I bounce my ideas off my young self and my old self. Reading Boateng Sekyere: 5 Hard—Earned Lessons From 671 Days of Living Alone. He said: “Things become far easier for you when you have someone — or other people — to bounce ideas off of. …

Anatomy of Her Acronym — WHO my acronym says I am… Aware Natural Nurturing Easy Loving Insightful Sensible Eager Aware- I can see life and time as they pass me by. Natural- I am naturally creative, also in my body, spirit, and mind. Nurturing- I must be kind and giving. Easy- easygoing because awareness showed me how to simplify my life in a world…

“Will humanity be satisfied with only one of everything?” — An 18-year-old bi-racial young girl was set on fire as she waited in her car for the light to change at a stop light. She survived the ordeal, thank god. Racism is getting out of control. And your life is in danger if you aren’t a part of a specific…

Is it because of how they fight to disable History and prevent a second Holocaust? — “Everywhere we turn, the Jews are forcing our world to remember the Holocaust,” Ramona complains, staring at the sign that says Holocaust Museum as Una turns in the opposite direction. “What the hell is wrong with that?” Una throws back, glancing at her in the passenger seat. “Aren’t you aware…

Re: George Floyd and all Persons of Color (POC) murdered. These words are coming from the heart of the mother of young black American sons living in America. The question she asked was, “Is it against the law to be black in America today?” I was born black I can’t turn…

"We wait for birth with joy and happiness, but await death with cruelty?" Listening to Shantal, a Personal Care Aide, complaining, "I went to work on one of my regular cases, and there is hardly any food for her to eat. …

We were brainwashed into believing that 'mad' people's state of insanity is the result of the sins of the father or a curse someone placed on the family. This piece is challenging to write as a Jamaican who understands hatred and knows love. Children's memory will sometimes fade out what…

Refusing to allow Depression to win and searching for remedies without side effects, I am retracing my steps to find out more about myself and what are the elements that cause Depression to refuse to leave me alone. I got a call on Cyber Monday, November 28, from someone I…