
Dear Giannis...
Dear Giannis, I’m sorry. I got so caught up in Chris Paul making it to the Finals and the game 1 performance, that I counted you out. I...

It Was Just the Other Day...
Ten years is usually a long time. However, it seems like just yesterday when we had our first discussion about marriage, then we decided...

Movin' In
“Yo, D, answer the door please?” Even with his head stuck beneath the kitchen sink, Jerel could hear the doorbell, how Daron could be in...

Morning Tea
“I thought you were booked all day Lisa?” It wasn’t as much of a question as much as it was an observation. Kira always found ways to...

Essential
I’m listening. I’m listening. That’s what she said whenever there was a lapse in the conversation, or she wanted him to talk. It started...

The Sound of Peace
3:19 a.m. The numbers were blurred and didn’t much matter because Jalen knew he would be up pretty much all night. He’d sat in that same...

Social Media
“You’re just going to come out and ask him?” “I don’t know.” “You need to figure it out. He’s going to be on the phone in a few minutes.”...

Tender-Headed
I never expected my mother to be sitting on the porch. I have not seen her sit on the porch since I was 11 or 12 years old. Around the...

The Things That Died With My Grandmother
There were four generations of us living in that house. Our family was spread out over three, no, four places back then. I was a baby....

The Big Piece of Chicken
Tonya stared at her husband, perplexed as he stared at the tables before him and looked questionably at something she couldn’t put a...