Love is hard to come by, at least for me. I am highly sensitive and naive of how manipulative it can be. In my on chaotic island of a mind, I believe there is a time in place for appreciation and be adored. A place where I can freely speak my truth to someone who … Continue reading Falling in Love
First Snow Fall
Amazingly enough in October, not having the habit of opening my blinds to know the appropriate clothes to wear in this spontaneous fall weather. I get a wonderful Sunday morning call informing the horror that was happening outside. And you guys! It was snowing in October! Freaking October, I am a black woman who somehow … Continue reading First Snow Fall
Depressive Thoughts One
I woke up feeling shitty, not physically though. More so as a person, woke up feeling a shitty person. School I trashed, work I am mediocre and love, he doesn’t have ownership of the relationship. I woke up kinda late...not so late...but late enough to shower and make it in time to be late and … Continue reading Depressive Thoughts One
Contentment in Failure is the Absence of Bravery
The younger version of myself would be disappointed in the person I have become. Back then I hungered to prove to the world, that I may not fit in as a refugee but my life was so eccentric, or so I said. I created journeys that were un-ordinary as the next one, to anyone who … Continue reading Contentment in Failure is the Absence of Bravery
It Begins With Me
As I began to contemplate what I would write about in this site, why I was making it and who it would it speak to. I wanted to write a blog but I didn’t believe that I had the capability of encompassing all the things that make my world spin. How organized should I be, … Continue reading It Begins With Me
Before You Begin
Hello all, My name for now is my alter ego Alex, I am a Black woman in my twenties living in Midwest America learning to love and live. I am an African immigrant from Rwanda but I have lived in Zambia for a large portion of my life. Being in the USA with new identities; … Continue reading Before You Begin