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.
It’s not your typical boy-meets-girl, boy and girl fall in love and live happily ever after type of romance and definitely not the type of romance I went through a phase of reading in high school.
Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: book review, Books, fiction, Goodreads, Library books
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.
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are by Elaine Welteroth My rating: 3 of 5 stars Reading Elaine Welteroth’s memoir More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) was right on time. While I could certainly relate to her experiences of being a creative and independent child, failed romances when we really should’ve known better, and chasing dream jobs, Chapter 21: Burning Out, in particular, resonated with me. It led to a […]
Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: dream job, Editor, Elaine Welteroth, memoir, More Than Enough
by Sherring D.
I have the weirdest luck. Words have power so I don’t want to release into the Universe that if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all, but it’s hard not to feel that way lately, especially after the recent, horrible traveling experience I had when I flew to the west coast. I lost a whole vacation day because due to a weather delay, stupid Alaska Airlines wouldn’t let me board my connecting flight in Portland, Oregon, […]
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Bronchitis, sick, Summer
