tjsthings

  • Moving right along.

    I just realized that I haven’t heard any good jokes lately. Not that I’m a professional comedian, but with all of the comedy inclined folk in my family, I have not heard a good joke lately. Maybe I need to just sit down and call everyone up. Not just to get jokes, but to find… Read more


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  • content. 07.25.08

    Today, as I sit at my desk organizing little A’s number flash cards, I am content. With the woman that I am inside. And outside. I am happy to have my needs met where I am. I have aspirations and goals, but today they are not standing in the way of my peace and joy.… Read more


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  • Maybe I’m selfish

    But when I’m 70 years old (if I am so blessed), my children will be good and middle aged. My oldest will have gray hairs coming in here and there. But paying money for IVF (not to mention going through egg harvesting and implantation AND hormones) so I can have a kid? Who I have… Read more


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  • Shopping While Black

    While I didn’t care too much for the documentary, I do like the internet features linked to CNN’s Black in America series. I especially thought a lot about the experiences of Leah Wells and her friends, who were detained without cause at Old Navy, while dressed in office attire. Just about every black person, regardless… Read more


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