• On Changing My Personality

    Recently, I read this article in The Atlantic about the costs of attempting to “change” your personality. Filed under the Health section of this magazine, its title feels like that all too familiar rose-colored-glasses, find-yourself-in-the-self-help-section:…

  • When you’re the insecure one

    To have or harbor insecurity is such an odd thing. It means you feel a lack of safety from someone or something; a nakedness only visible to yourself. When B and I first started…

  • It’s not you, it’s me.

    It’s this overlooked reality where I can walk into a store without question. But her, with her darker, smoother skin can’t shop without feeling a thousand eyes watch her hands touch the silk on a…

  • Five Years at Soul City Church

    Growing up, consistency was not something I was familiar with. On average, I moved every two years of my life. I attended five different elementary  schools, three different middle schools and two different high…

  • St. Lucia, you’re a babe.

    This is a post that I have really been looking forward to. I’m a sharer, perhaps even an “over-sharer” when it comes to aesthetically beautiful things and/or moments. This moment? Our honeymoon. If you…

  • Oh, Perfect Day (and More)

    Is there really a way to fully express what these past two weeks have meant to us? The answer, I believe, is no. We planned for seven months straight, all while a state away…

  • D.

    I’m taking every photo we have ever taken together and re-examining its meaning. I lost you somewhere between shooting you on film — a shot of filmy grain and your smile — and a family…

  • What “The West Wing” Has Taught Me About The 2016 Election

    There’s this scene in The West Wing when President Bartlet (brilliantly played by Martin Sheen) has to make the hard call whether or not to intervene with known leader of a terrorist network in Qumar (a…

  • 2015

    It is weird to say, but I think mental health is becoming … trendy? A couple of weeks ago, BuzzFeed took initiative and created their own “Mental Health Week.” I loved this. My hope is that…