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Be Safe? Traveling as a Black Woman and Choosing Freedom Anyway

After sharing a solo drive to Minnesota, I kept hearing the same phrase: “Be safe.” This post reflects on what that blessing can carry for Black women, the realities of profiling, and the biblical courage to live with wisdom, faith, freedom, and joy.

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Be Safe? Traveling as a Black Woman and Choosing Freedom Anyway

I Took A Vacation: A Poem for Protest

A reflective poem and short meditation on rest, grief, and the weight of expectation. Sometimes care for the self is part of the protest, so we can keep showing up with courage and endurance.

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Happy Enough to Move by Faith

A reflective meditation on Psalm 1:3 and Psalm 84:5–6 (CEB), exploring what it means to be replanted by streams of water. This post traces the slow courage of moving by faith, the ache of uprooting without proof, and the hope of becoming truly happy as God nurtures new growth.

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Courage | Valentine's Day

Deuteronomy 31:6 holds a steady word for shaky seasons: Be strong and bold—God goes with you and will not fail or forsake you. In this reflection, I sit with Moses’ final words to Israel, the weight of covenant choices, and the honest reality of how easily we forget what matters most. Then the story turns—toward Christ, who doesn’t abandon us in our weakness but meets us with grace upon grace, lifting us again and again. On a day when love is often measured by who gets chosen, this is a reminder that we are already held by a never-ending love—and invited to live boldly, serve faithfully, and extend courage to those who feel unseen.

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