I’ve had cancer now for four years. I was diagnosed with stage-three lung cancer in 2012. It was a surprise to my family and to myself. I don’t smoke. I exercised regularly. I was 58. I didn’t expect to still be here. But my mantra is: no coincidences. God has a plan for what I do and where I

I've never been to a historic African-American cemetery. In my travels around the US to cemeteries large and small, I have never visited one that was at one time exclusively reserved for the burial of black people on American soil. This was not a conscious effort, it wasn't on ...Continue

It’s been almost a month since the untimely death of pop superstar Prince. He was easily one of my favorite artists and the day I learned of his passing, I couldn't stop crying. Growing up, my mother – perhaps in an attempt to come to terms with her own interracial marriage to my father – watched

Being a teenager sucks. The hormones. The drama. The first love followed by the first heartbreak. Feeling like the world is ending over the smallest things, like someone wearing the same shirt as you to school on the same day. Tragic.While adolescence is definitely a learning experience, it's

I honestly can't imagine how painful it would be to have your most admired celebrity suddenly pass from this life to the next. I mean, I was sad when Robin Williams died. Sure, he seemed like such a nice guy and it was such a miserable way to go, but if I'm really honest with myself, I can't say