Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.

The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

There's something beautiful about the fact that Obama was not just elected, but elected decisively across racial, and socio-economic and cultural groups and that we all celebrated in his win.

I come as one, but stand as 10,000.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

I write because I am a Black woman, listening attentively to her people.