As I see it, the experience of death stays. Even as I go through the stages of grief, I take my dead loved ones (guardian angels) with me in my going and coming.
Love Letter #42 | Hang them out to dry!
After being man handled, wrangled and crumpled, I’ll have to regain my strength. I’ll build my capacity to ride the flow of the wind at any strength. I’ll endure the heat as I bask in the sun. In the end, i’ll be fit to handle other rounds in the struggles life throw my way. I’ll be clean and refreshed.
Love Letter #41 | Exfoliate!
No, this isn’t some miracle revelation about flawless skin. Like, I still have an uneven skin tone, I still have some pimples and I still have hyper-pigmentation. However, your girl has seen improvement within the short time of exfoliation. Now I know, some habits take a while to develop. For me it just so happened that using a brush, a facial scrub, a body scrub,a pumice stone or a loofah takes some getting used to. The point is, I’m trying dammit!
Love Letter #40 | Wear ☀ screen
The truth is ,we can’t avoid the sun and we can’t avoid stressors or negative energies that life has to offer. We may be able to reduce them by using avoidance tactics. But, we cannot eliminate them all together. The next best thing is to fortify and protect our skin and our lives. Seek out means and ways that we can use to reduce the effects of what we get exposed to and repeat daily. If we do it well enough, a once a day application is all we need. If we do it well enough then our lives in the ☀ and will be more bearable and we’ll be able to lead normal enough lives without having to endure being burnt.
Love Letter #39 | Allow the ☀ to set on some things and some people
The rising ☀ gives perspective and it sheds new 💡 on spaces that were previously dark. A new dawn illustrates that an old sunset is gone forever.
The Night Baker | Repurposing
No matter how rough your situations may appear to be, never forget that the option is there to purposely repurpose your life; Repurpose and improve who you are, Repurpose the situations when that power presents itself.
The Night Baker | Spoiling the batter.
You won’t always get it right the first time. What matters is how you handle the problems that arise based on decisions you make.
The Night Baker | A FRESH Reintroduction
I find that the use of fresh ingredients in daily recipes of simple meals yield more enriched and wholesome baked products in this life of an oven.
The Night Baker | No need to bake
Life is not as complicated as we make it out to be. There will be times when the answers to our problems are already manufactured; no need to dive into elaborate planning and execution. No need to reinvent the wheel. The answer already exists, no need to create it.
The Night Baker | A cross between the NB and the Suburban Girl | Burnt
Fact: The destruction of a bridge reminds that there are different routes to the destination.
