Daily writing promptHow would you describe yourself to someone?View all responses I thought it was a good bargain: a physical beating in exchange for hearing someone say to me, "I love you!" I was 17 and had never heard those words spoken by anyone, not even my parents. I think that a part of me... Continue Reading →
Off to See the Land of the Vikings
Daily writing promptIf you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?View all responses Let me share a funny story to start. I lived in a small Midwestern city surrounded by cornfields for one year as I taught at a nearby university. Finding a hairdresser was difficult for a black woman, but I finally... Continue Reading →
A Beloved Name
Daily writing promptWhat's the story behind your nickname?View all responses My children call me "Gina. I became the legal guardian for two nieces and two nephews, ages 2-6 when I was 21. They had called me Gina since they could talk. When their mother, my only sibling, died unexpectedly, and I took physical custody of... Continue Reading →
Learning to Discern What’s Really Important Leads to Harmony in Relationships
Daily writing promptWhat could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?View all responses I had to learn to let go of needing to have every decision regarding my home with my husband go my way. Conflict regarding which way the toilet paper rolled, how the sheets on the bed should be placed, and... Continue Reading →
Music Connects Us to Strangers and Friends
Daily writing promptWhat is your favorite genre of music?View all responses Jazz is my favorite music, for the cool sounds of Marsalis, Monk, Gillespie, and Baptiste make my feet move and take away my sorrows. To hear jazz played around the world reminds me of our connections to each other across the categories created to... Continue Reading →
I Dared to Tackle the Mountaintop
Daily writing promptDescribe your most memorable vacation.View all responses It was 2000, and I went to Geneva, Switzerland alone for eight days. I had traveled alone only once to Madrid, Spain, but that trip did not require me to travel in a cable car. Having never lived where there was a lot of snow, I... Continue Reading →
Daily Writing Prompt: Taking Risks Leads to Success
Daily writing promptDescribe a risk you took that you do not regret.View all responses Three years after becoming the legal guardian for my two nieces and nephews, I couldn't find work in my hometown. I had to borrow milk for my infant son because my husband had given up on the marriage. I felt like... Continue Reading →
