Part 1: Friends I looked around at my wedding and realized, I fit in. I can literally go anywhere, hang with anyone, and be just fine. Most people would say it’s because I adapt well. This I would disagree with. I am exactly who I am at all times and it just so happens that … Continue reading Shaping Sheem: A Mini Series
Tag: New York
Depression 101: Missing
Stronger than promises, stronger than love This blog isn't going to be long. It's something thats has been on my mind basically all summer. Even at my wedding, I looked into the crowd and realized that someone important was missing. I have lost my best friend again. This isn’t uncommon as in the past I … Continue reading Depression 101: Missing
The Best Man
The Mufasa to my Scar… Sometimes, you and a person can be so alike that instead of getting along, you butt heads. I finished school in 2009, at the height of the recession. No one was hiring in the field of my degree and I needed money. Living at home and sleeping on the couch … Continue reading The Best Man
The Prodigy
Part 1: Someone who could make it...The best basketball players in my neighborhood never made it. Myself included. As mush as we all loved the game and played it night and day competitively, traveled from hood to hood to play against the best they all had to offer, Franklin Avenue in The Bronx has had zero … Continue reading The Prodigy
Corona Bride
"What's meant to be will be..." May 2nd, 2020. That was supposed to be the happiest day of HP's life (until she has kids of course). It was a day she had been planning since she was a little girl. Already she had the colors of her bridal party picked out, the type of flowers … Continue reading Corona Bride
Corona City
"The city that never sleeps has been put to bed..." I am NYC all the way. I was born there, raised there, it's what I know best. I've explored every borough, shopped every district, been to every arena or stadium. I've spent nights in its nicest hotels and in its dirtiest apartments. I lived in … Continue reading Corona City