One day, while parked in the parent pick up line, waiting for the kids to be dismissed from school, the divine writing spirit struck me. What better way to pass the time than to put pen to paper. I grabbed…

The painful thing about job searching isn't the rejection email. 
"After careful consideration and review, we've decided to move forward 
with other candidates who more closely align...." No, the hard part is spending countless interview hours carefully constructing responses to…

Yes…you read that correctly. How I realized the dreaded mid-life crisis isn’t a singular moment, but rather the build up of a crisis-expectant life

(Author's note: This was originally written three years ago. I'm 43 now. I guess I still…

If I told you, “Hey, the Powerball is hitting for several, several millions of dollars, you should go by a ticket!” your first question might be, “Okay. What are the odds of winning?” A recent Powerball carried 1 in 305…

and does this loaded question even matter anymore?

Knowledge of self. The first time I heard this phrase was on the classic Hip Hop album Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Blackstar. I was 15 when it was released…

On November 9, 2022, Meta laid off 13% of its workforce. Just a couple of days before that, Noble Charter School Network made the decision to terminate me. These events underscored a valuable lesson for me....

A friend of mine listened to “Exodus” recently and shared his gratitude for the truth in the music. He specifically mentioned the part of the song where I talk about how society is increasingly "glued to the screen," whether it…

"I think, therefore I am"....therefore I write!

French philosopher Rene Descartes was known for this famous quote, but I've extended it a bit. His original quote in Latin was "Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum" meaning "I doubt, therefore I think,…

"We only want the good things in life 

We want to forward fast through the rough patch 

Or even skip the ringer altogether 

Cause ain’t nobody got time for bad weather. 

It’s elitist to only want the sunshine. 

It’s unrealistic…

When my grandfather, Donald Coleman, transitioned to Heaven, or the next plane of existence, whichever comes after we leave this physical plane, I was called upon to deliver a speech in honorarium to “Pa Pa,” the patriarch of our family.…