by Sherring D.
We were still in the early stages of dating when I found out he was in the Reserves. Army Reserves. There had been no mention in his profile or pictures. He believed it was corny for men to use their service as a way to hook women. Points for him, I guess.
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: dating, Military, Partner
by Sherring D.
It was love at first sight. I took a screen shot and added it to the Hair album. Months before I had cut off my butt-length locs of fifteen years back in April for my birthday, I was obsessed with finding and saving short hairstyles I wanted to try. People think I’m kidding when I say the main reason I wanted to chop off my hair was to rock funky parts, lines and designs shaved into my head, and to […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Hair, Haircut, Locs, Natural hair
by Sherring D.
She debated hitting the accept button with the green check or the decline button with the red x. It wasn’t a mandatory meeting. Employees were “strongly encouraged” to attend. Even if it were mandatory, what would they do if she didn’t attend? Fire her? Yeah, right. It’s not like this were high school where she could get detention or demerits for not attending a function. This was work. The place she dragged herself to Monday through Friday so she could […]
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: fiction, Office, Short Stories, writing
by Sherring D.
Her phone buzzed with a new text alert.
“Come outside and look at the moon.” The text was from her landlord who lived upstairs with his three kids. He was newly separated from his wife.
Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: loneliness, Moonlight
by Sherring D.
By no means would I consider myself an outdoorsy person. I’m a homebody—kinda, but definitely an introvert.
Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: adventure, bookworm, camping, introvert, to do list
by Sherring D.
Was I aware that all my emotional baggage could be tucked into a matching Samsonite luggage set including the tote, backpack, duffle, garment, and laptop bags? Of course. I wish the set could be Louis Vuitton, but homegirl does not have that type of disposable income.
Categories: Fabulousness, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Anxiety, depression, emotional baggage, PTSD, Retail Therapy, Therapy
by Sherring D.
“Fuck your flight,” seemed to be the Lyft driver’s nonverbal message with his 45 mph driving even though we told him we were trying to catch a flight in a bit more than an hour. I knew I should’ve went straight to the airport from my place, but nooooo, I had this romantic notion of riding to the airport with my new boyfriend. So after a train and bus ride from Brooklyn to East Flatbush, here I was en route […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Becoming, birthday, family, Niagara Falls, trip
by Sherring D.
For several months, I’d been on the hunt for plain cotton panties. By plain, I don’t mean boring and nondescript. I mean 100% cotton panties. Not a cotton blend. No nylon, lycra, polyester, spandex, elastane or whatever the fuck else is in underwear these days. Plain cotton, preferably with a print or pattern, like stripes, polka dots and animal print. Something cute or funky. I still wanted to feel sassy underneath my clothes, without it having to be a […]
Categories: Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Cotton, Lingerie, Panties, Period, Shopping, Underwear, Victoria's Secret
by Sherring D.
Well, it’s March. No better time to take down and put away my Christmas tree. Relax. It’s not what you’re thinking. A dried out pine or fir tree was not sprinkling its dead needles all over my living room rug. Au contraire, my first ever Christmas tree of my adult life was a book Christmas tree. In 2017, I was tagged by at least two different people in the comment section of separate posts showcasing Christmas trees made of stacks […]
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Book Christmas Tree, Books, Christmas, Christmas Tree, Pinterest Fail
