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Time to Break Up—and Let the Addictions Go
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The holidays barely have time to breathe before they’re replaced—nearly stomped out—as retailers race toward the next sale. One celebration blends into the next until you’re not quite sure what season you’re in anymore. You didn’t imagine it. But one thing is certain, they play on your addictions. Addictions occur also
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Phobia of Public Speaking: From Butterflies to Boldness
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I dreaded public speaking since I was a child, and I have more than one reason. Besides getting butterflies in my stomach beforehand, whether for a class project or an area speech tournament in high school, I still carry trauma from the day my father insisted on being in the room
Whether Pigs Have Wings: Life, Literature, and Legacy
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In seventh grade social studies, our teacher Mrs. Hebert (pronounced AY-bair here in Louisiana) had us to memorize every stanza of Lewis Carroll’s classic, The Walrus and The Carpenter, as a lesson on life, literature, and legacy: The time has come, the Walrus said, To talk of many things: Of shoes
The Man with the Pink Knapsack: Even If No One Sees Your Rainbow
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Within seconds he had passed in front of me, seated in my car at the red light intersection, before my delayed reaction spotted him and tuned in that bright and sunny day. He walked at a fast pace, escorting an old bicycle on the sidewalk, as if he were escorting his
Some Manners, Please: Frankly, My Dear, I DO Give a D—!
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(Note: I wrote this piece as a guest blog for entrepreneur and mentor Connie Ragen Green’s Huge Profits Tiny List website. I was grateful for the opportunity. Since then, even the President has dropped F-bombs on national television and it did not seem to have fazed individuals — at least, publicly.
So, What Are You Going to Do About It?
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Her words hit me which such force, I had to catch my breath. I had to draw in air. Her question — more like her demand — caught me off guard. Completely. It nearly knocked the wind out of me. It felt like a balloon does when it is deflated —
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So, What Are You Going to Do About It?
Her words hit me which such force, I had to catch my breath. I had to draw in air. Her question — more like her demand — caught me off guard. Completely. It nearly knocked the wind out of me. It felt like a balloon does when it is deflated — that is, if it […]
July 16, 2025
The Good Samaritan Understood the Assignment: But — Do We Practice What We Preach?
The Good Samaritan had an assignment to do. He understood the assignment. He completed the task. He did not ponder, or question what he had to do. He did not analyze it. He did not a flip a coin. He acted without hesitation. He responded, a simple reflex. Like inhaling. What can we learn from […]
July 9, 2025
Is Age Just a Number? Breaking Down Stereotypes and Embracing Ageless Vitality
He looked at me in horror. Add in pure disgust, too. But — I thought the Bible said not to judge, and he was a pastor. He was my coworker also. He had come around the corner just in time to hear us giggling like teenagers about the upcoming Nelly concert. Our Country Grammar idol […]
July 2, 2025
Sugar, Spice, and a 3rd Grade Fight: What a Childhood Bully’s Threat Taught Me
“I’m gonna beat you up on the last day of school,” he said. I wasn’t quite sure how to respond. How do you respond? To that? I had been on the planet for less than a decade, and my life was in jeopardy. Yet it had not been an overt threat. There was no malice […]
June 25, 2025
Too Far From the Light: Dylan Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Dylan died as he lived: His lover clinging to his arm. That is how I heard the police found him: The syringe hanging out. He was most likely another victim of Fentanyl. The phantom drug had struck down so many young people in our community, and across the country, even though I wasn’t quite sure […]
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Time to Break Up—and Let the Addictions Go
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Welcome!
As an award-winning journalist, historian, writer, and online entrepreneur, I’ve dedicated my life to sharing stories that shape our world. I believe in the power of words to convey dreams, ideas, and experiences. My journey as a writer began in an extraordinary childhood as an Army brat, experiencing the harmonious world Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., envisioned—a foundation that still informs my work today.
After my family settled in my father's hometown of Lafayette, Louisiana, I later discovered a vibrant culture that inspired my passion for writing and community advocacy. I’ve channeled this passion into my work, from co-publishing Creole Magazine in the 1990s to authoring For Shakespeare's Stepchildren: 10 Essential Writing Tips and Techniques: Secrets of Successful Writers, available on Amazon now. And recently, I uploaded my thesis in book format, Just As Brutal But Without All the Fanfare: African American Students, Racism, and Defiance during the Desegregation of Southwestern Louisiana Institute, 1954-1964, which tells the inspirational story of the brave young men and women who desegregated the school, today known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It became the first higher education institution to desegregate in the Deep South.