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Unapologetically You
I am no longer doing anything uncomfortable to make others comfortable. Yesterday, I turned 36, and you would think this is a lesson I’ve learned by now. But Paschal’s restaurant was the straw that broke the camel’s back. It upset me for a number of reasons. But first, a little history. I chose Paschal’s because… Continue reading
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Multiply Your Talents (Use Your Gifts)
There are headstones with the names of highly gifted people who died with those gifts still inside them. Brilliant people who passed but never passed that intellect on for anyone else’s benefit. They died smart. Highly passionate people who never dared to love fully, and wealthy people who are so poor, all they have is… Continue reading
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Our Children
You are fourteen,and despite the childish laughter—the one smoother than the fresh coat of loveon a baby’s skin—your mothers must warn youthat certain skin toneswon’t allow you to flash open innocence. You are not allowed to purchase candy,tell jokes,or ring the wrong doorbell. Certain histories won’t let you forget the presentor permit childhood to take… Continue reading
