One of the most meaningful days I’ve had in this role.
Last week, we had the privilege of hosting 45 current Morehouse men at Houston City Hall for Morehouse Takes City Hall, a stop on the Morehouse Takes Houston tour organized by their SGA president who just happens to be a Houston native.
Watching those young kings walk through all the doors we opened for them with so much curiosity, confidence, and purpose reminded me exactly why this work matters.
A sincere thank you to City Controller Chris Hollins for his leadership and for creating space for this moment. It says everything that the CFO of the fourth-largest city in America opened his doors and said come see what’s possible.
Thank you to all the brilliant panelist that broke bread and shared the wisdom gained since they themselves were in the same seats as the young man we were pouring into.
Y’all probably sick of hearing it but Dear Old Morehouse doesn’t just give you a degree, she gives you a standard. And every man in that room carried it.
To the 45 young men we met that day, we see you…
Chase your dreams.
Build things that last.
The world is waiting on what you’re going to do next.
your love language might be the reason your relationships keep not working. stay with me now.
not because you’re not loving. because you’re not landing.
in my questionnaire, i asked singles to rank all five love languages, twice.
1. how you like to receive love, in order ⬅️
2. how you naturally show it, in order ➡️
but i was thinking about this and realized there’s a third layer:
3. your willingness to adjust when your partner needs something different. 🔀
that “willingness to shuffle” doesn’t show up in a quiz. it shows up in how i read your answers. and it’s the thing i’m most focused on when i make a match.
here’s what i’ve learned (mainly from lived experience and observation):
a. people can adjust
b. but not if you extinguish the way they naturally show love first
c. unless they reeaaaallly like you
d. the less someone likes you, the more they’ll make you feel wrong for how you need to be loved
e. they won’t call it that. they’ll call your needs unreasonable.
again, giving love and landing it are not the same thing. swipe to see my thinking 💭
stop blaming yourself for not being enough when the other person was never open.
compatibility. chemistry. capacity. commitment.
all four. at the same damn time.
that’s what i’m building at The Well Matched. 🔗 link in bio.
I brought in a plant I’d been propagating at home, hoping to get some guidance from Irving.
Gloria saw me fumbling and stepped right in and walked me through everything. She didn’t have to do that. But she did, and that’s exactly the kind of place Eden is. The people there genuinely care whether your plant lives.
Eden Plant Co just earned a customer for life.
Couldn’t have said it better myself, @dewandawise ! 🫶🏾
Join the other 550+ intentional black singles and take the free questionnaire in my bio. Let me help you see what you might be missing on your own.
