Hello Royalty! I recently discovered a type of music called staccato, and the dictionary defines it as music “performed with each note sharply detached or separated from the others.” I also learned that legato is its comparable opposite, which is played “in a smooth, flowing manner without breaks between notes” For a more vivid description, […]
IWD 2020 | An Open Letter to Girls Who Will Become Women
Hey Girl Hey! This conversation is here to stay. This one – where we talk about you, me, about ourselves and about the worlds we find ourselves in. And I kept thinking, do I even need to do a post again? But I realized that my people don’t say certain things for nothing. They say, […]
FAITH | Have You Been Interceding Wrongly?
Hello Royalty! Initially, I had planned to post a short fictional story for today’s post, but I discovered something this week that made me think really deeply about how intercession works for believers, and I realized that sharing this with you will come in handy. I’ve been reading Kenneth E. Hagin’s The Art of Intercession […]
FAITH | On Becoming His House of Prayer
WHOOSH! Hello Royalty! It’s our first post of the year. Are you as excited as I am??? Maybe not. Because beyond being the first post of the year, I am so excited about what I plan to share with you today, and you don’t know what that is yet, or you would be screaming with […]
2019: Group Therapy, Praise Breaks, and more
Hello Royalty! Towards the end of 2018, I got to know my buzzword for the year 2019 as “obedience,” and there was nothing I thought would be more easy for me than saying yes to God at every turn. The reality? A different vibe. Prior to this year, I understood obedience to God as easy, […]
BLOGIVERSARY || FOUR YEARS OF FUN
Hello Royalty! You can already tell why we are here today! THE BLOG IS 4! See that? You and I rocking this space back and forth…and what do we have here? Four good years! I am excited, and sincerely, this is an appreciation post from the very depths of my heart. Thank you and thank […]
LIFESTYLE || My Forbes Under 30 Summit Experience
Hello Royalty! Today, I have some scoop for you on life in the past week , so, let’s get to it! In September, precisely the 19th, I got an email stating that I had been granted “access to the Forbes Under 30 Summit as an Under 30 Scholar.” Prior to that, a friend had sent […]
SHORT STORY | Rape
Hello Royalty! I wrote this story in September, on a bus, on my way home, thinking of all the many things that come with the word, “rape,”: the offenders, apologists, protesters, and most importantly, victims. I wanted it to be a longer story, but like most of my short stories, it kind of decided where […]
Life Lately x Let’s Talk About Laziness
Hello Royalty! Whew! It has been three months since we got talking here, and I’m excited to be here once again! How have you been?!!! Excited? Moving ahead with those 2019 goals? Feeling stuck? Whatever it is, remember you have all the strength you need for the phase you’re in. So, let’s get to it! […]