I don’t usually share my journey with school… but this semester tested me. From navigating changes at home, to maintaining my GPA, to being a mom… to just being a girl — God’s girl. I was stretched.
Tired, hurt, hopeful, and even hopeless at times… I still showed up in every version of myself. And I got the reward.
Somehow, in the middle of trying not to lose my mind through all of this, I got an A in Mental Health across the Lifespan. I don’t fully have the words for what that means yet… but I know it signifies something. A poem is definitely being written somewhere.
If you’re in a season where you have to keep showing up regardless of what you’re carrying — if nobody has told you yet… good job. I see you. And more importantly, God sees you.
✨January Dump ✨
🎉 Self dates 🫱🏾🫲🏿 Me
🎉 Peace UP
🎉 Journal, tea, snacks = LIFE (Jesus is somewhere in all of it)
🎉 2026 been trying to WHOOP me already - I've been feeling real "Dragonfly-ish"
🎉 A cozy robe, a face mask, a good book= REGULATED NERVOUS SYSTEM
🎉 I have a five year old 🥹
🎉 period.
🎉 If you are not making the people you love laugh, are you even living?
February, be good to us. 🙏🏿❤️🩹
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As I approach the third anniversary of *SO(U)L* and step into my thirties, I find myself reflecting on forgiveness. This book is a collection of experiences that, while painful, have ultimately shaped me.
Writing it was a cathartic step in my healing journey, but the most difficult part has been learning to forgive—both those who never sought it and myself. Forgiving those who feel justified in their actions, forgiving myself for the pain I may have caused others, and for staying in places that no longer served me.
Reading through some of these poems, I finally understood the unnecessary weight I had been carrying—the way I braced for familiar pain in unfamiliar spaces, the way I distanced myself from connection to avoid hurt.
It’s a realization that has shifted something deep within me.
And now, as I step into this next decade, I'm praying the forgiveness I've learned to accept and grant others continues to shift all the pain into freedom.
I know I've changed and am still being transformed. How has forgiveness changed you? If it hasn't, how can it?
Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes.
I spent the beginning of my day learning archery.
The teacher said something that stuck with me:
"Focus on accuracy, not speed. And once you have the target in view, release. Don't hold on too long, you'll start to question yourself. Make sure you are in position, aim and release."
Felt like marching orders for me 🙏🏿 I made it to 30, despite everything that tried to take me out! I give God ALL THE GLORY 🙌🏾
Ditching the prompts this year! ✨ Instead, I'm letting life lately and my current inspirations take center stage. ✍🏾 #nationalpoetrymonth2025 #nawripomo #poetry #poetsoninstagram #nycpoet
