It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.

I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.

Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

Why is it that if you happen to be black and over six feet tall, everybody thinks you supposed to play basketball or football?

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.