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    Mean every word

    January 20, 2026 /

    Every word on here is or once was a piece of me. I mean what I say. I write what I mean. Some stories get twisted in the mix. But I always come back to me. It always comes back to me. One of the hardest parts of wearing your heart on your sleeve is you expect honesty from everyone you meet. You assume that vulnerability will be mirrored, that speaking your truth will invite truth tellers; that someone will handle your unvarnished feelings with the same care. Well, it doesn’t always happen that way. Sometimes people take your openness as an invitation, and sometimes they take it as an…

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  • Shame In My Game

    December 7, 2020 /

    To check out my latest books, please go here: Books “Go talk to him!” I gulped. I hadn’t had enough tequila to even consider such a daring move. I’d been to so many places around the world, but for some reason, Los Angeles seemed a little intimidating at the time. All the celebrities popping up out of nowhere, and I forcing myself to act like it wasn’t a big deal (when in reality I really wanted to pose for a picture with, say, Jessie J?) — was a little strange. LA was my first grounds as a newly single woman in a very long time. I didn’t know exactly how…

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  • Inspire Me, Inspiration You!

    August 4, 2014 /

    As you walk down the street, flick your hair, move your feet or throw your hands in the air, a work of ART is being based on you. As you work your way up and pave your way through, someone is ROOTING for you. As you do something as simple as being yourself, you’re inspiring someone along the way. So do us all a favor and keep doing what you do; keep being an inspiration, inspirational YOU.

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    February 10, 2014 /

    Am I less of a lady if I don’t wear pantyhose My momma said ‘A lady ain’t what she wears but what she knows’ But I’ve drawn the conclusion, it’s all an illusion Confusion’s the name of the game A misconception, a vast deception Something got to change…

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    December 2, 2013 /

    Be daring. Be different. Be impractical. Be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. — Cecil Beaton

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