Growing up, I was the little girl who loved instant potatoes!  I didn’t care much for the homemade version.  In fact, all I needed along with the buttery creaminess was some of my mother’s delicious gravy on top.  While eating my favorite dish, I would sit quietly at the kitchen table for a period of Continue Reading

“You need to forget about growing up poor.  I have and you should too,” said a man that I once thought I loved. I stared at him as if he’d suddenly grown a third eye in the middle of his forehead.  “Forget where I came from, how is that even possible?” I wondered.  It would Continue Reading

Last week, one of my sista-friends shared with me how during a recent visit to her hometown, she ran into some old classmates. Unfortunately, they weren’t very inviting.  In fact, they acted as if they didn’t really know her at all.  Since their respective families had known each other for years, she was completely taken Continue Reading

I recently came across an interesting term called,“Window-Shop Dating.” Some of you may have heard of it. As the name suggests, it is based on the concept of browsing. When we typically window-shop, we often look through the goods of a store with no intent to purchase. Window-shop dating, on the other hand, involves browsing Continue Reading