I’ve known a life where walking around with a literal computer in your pocket was not our reality…

… until it was. 

Where the concept of AI was some distant idea that we read about in sci-fi books, and the occasional movie that made it out of Hollywood… 

… until it wasn’t. 

I’m not a Florida girl, by any stretch. Palm trees still fascinate me. The access to clear, blue water and soft sand still amazes. I am not that pressed over Publix.

But the clouds. The clouds give me pause. Thick. Low. Heavy. 

Kind of like secrets. 

June 21, 2024 — Journal Entry: Would have. Could have. Should have. Thank God for growth.

Fear of Missing Out.

Y’all... I hate the idea of missing out. I want to be included in everything. I want to be everywhere with everybody.

Obviously, with this pandemic, our calendars have drastically cleared up. When we first started back in February, literally no one was doing anything. Everything was closed, everyone was home.

And through that, I started to realized it became a JOY to miss out.

I still meet wonderful men who will make amazing spouses and fathers…

… to someone else.

Let’s talk about National Single’s Day.

Listen, if you’re always looking for a reason to be offended, TRUST me you will always find it.

Grateful for friends that trust me with their stories and their truth.

Read this quote in a book one day and I put it on my letter board at work…

… a month before I got let go.

& I am not talking about the “let go” that you see coming, the ones where the writing is CLEARLY on the wall.

It was “We’re making budget cuts and you can leave today. We’ll pay you for the rest of the month.”.

Oh.

No heads up.

No conversation.

No warning.

Kind of like this season of Covid-19.

There will come a time in your life where you will come across a book

or two

or ten

that will rock you to your core.

Books that stay with you long after you've finished reading them.