Category: knowledge

  • Taste of Humble Pie

    Taste of Humble Pie

    Never learned to swim | Can’t catch the rhythm of the stroke | Why should I hold my breath | Feelin’ that I might choke Parliament It wasn’t until I decided to jump into the deep end with my two youngest daughters and take swimming lessons that I found out I didn’t know nuffin’ ’bout…

  • Everything I Never Had

    Everything I Never Had

    With the holidays upon us, I’m not writing this hoping that anybody has a last-minute change of heart. We already know that when we’re committed to something, whether it be a good or bad thing, we are going to follow through. I do wish we had this type of follow through with more things of…

  • Go Back and Get It

    Go Back and Get It

    Have you ever heard the term Sankofa or seen it represented by a bird that looks behind to the past while its feet face forward, moving into the future? From the Twi language of Ghana, Sankofa is said to mean, “Go back and get it.” Pictured, is my crude rendition of the bird. A few…