College Essay Workshops!

Jahphut presents: An afternoon of College Essay writing! If you’re a high school senior or the parent of a high school senior, whose preparing to apply to college, but needs […]

Jahzara’s Holiday Bliss and Emptiness

Every year, just as the Christmas holiday wraps up, and we prepare to welcome a New Year, I write about the stressful plague of seeking the perfect gifts for my […]

Golden Nuggets

I Remember When…

Reminiscent days fill my brain, leaving no room in my gray hard drive for present day thoughts. Life has become so stressful that my mind switches to auto run. You […]

The American Dream

“The American dream”, a phrase that is seldom heard anymore, came to me as I prepared to leave for work.    For some reason, things were going along smoothly and I […]

The Runaway

Lately, our Nation’s Capital has been plagued with many reports of missing children and teens. Some have most likely fallen victim to human trafficking and some are being typical adolescents, […]

Battle Ground…Image Wise

Images are tattooed in our memories like the information on a computer’s motherboard. Some images in our minds will never go away. The image of President Obama will forever exist […]

Self Love

Do you love yourself? — I quietly whisper this question to people on the streets, in grocery stores, in retail stores, and most of all, neighbors in my hood. There […]

Before…My Last Breath!

Inhale…Exhale – It’s the repetitive movement we unconsciously do for survival. Every once in a while, I lie awake in bed, and my breathing intensifies from an onset of anxiety […]

Monkey Wrench

When I was young, I always wondered why so many men stood in front of liquor stores? It was a question that stayed with me as I grew up. I […]