Category: Thoughts

  • By Nicole Alicia It’s been almost 10 years since my diagnosis and it has been a wild, wild ride. Having health problems is often a never ending roller coaster, in which you oftentimes wish you could get off of. I…

    Patience Is a Practice: Lessons from My Kidney Transplant Journey (Pt. 2)
  • It’s the beginning of a new year, so I like to start over fresh with a new reading list. Last year was a bit challenging and I didn’t get to read very many books. I was sick for the first…

  • Many of us have had a lot of time on our hands since this horrible virus has come about. Although I am a mother of a 6 year old, as I have stated in other posts, I really am able…

  • In many states things have began to “open back up”. Many cities like Kansas City, Missouri have put in place a slow phase in of opening back up starting as soon as this week. Here’s my thing… I’ve always kind…

  • There have been few things I have truly enjoyed about this pandemic, quarentin-ing, stay-at-home thing. What I have found most enlightening and joyous has been these Instagram Live Battles between artists and when my favorite artist goes “Live”. Now I…

  •     I have no idea what week were on of this Stay-at-Home order/Quarantine. I lost track days ago. Here in Kansas City, Missouri I think it’s supposed to end May 15th. But, for me I don’t see an end…

  • Today I am writing to you a little under the weather… The hard part about being a mom is you rarely get days off. Like both of the kids are sick right now, and I am too. My husband had…

  • It’s taken me awhile to process, digest and write about “When They See Us” the Netflix film from director Ava Duvernay. As a African-American mother to an African-American little boy, I have worried about his safety growing up since he…