Category: PERSONAL BLOG
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Early Voting
Following a recent promotion; I, your trusted servant, along with a team of others, have been tasked with observing the US elections. I now pause to reflect on the enormity of this moment. My father grew up in a remote village in the Southern Province of Rwanda in an economically challenged but love-filled family. His…
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Love Diary – Case Départ
Some of us find beauty and love in everyone and everything. It is both and blessing and a curse. Most people presume our feelings to be disingenuous. Truth is our hearts really are that big! As I contemplate my life post-divorce, I note that as I wandered the earth “I denied myself nothing my eyes…
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TRUE LOVE?
You know what’s very funny?Marrying a person because of their physique and they quickly gain weight. OR Marrying a person because they have money and they turn out stingy. ORMarrying a person who has nothing so you think you’ll be in charge but they turn out controlling…. In the end, Karma always gets us, for…
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MASTER OF CEREMONY
I Inherited the gift of Gab from my father. I have MC’d luncheons, networking events, birthdays for friends and family for years. I have now gone pro! I will be MCing my first EVER wedding in exactly 38 days. My style fuses humour with class and relatability. I seek to keep the audience engaged while…
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Prof, Prof, Prof…
The platonic concept is pissing me off already. We hung out last night and I was internally annoyed the whole time. The man is too sexy to talk to me about the weather. Leave the weather where it is. In other fine news, he’s shipped the 550 Books collected from Attorney Madison Moreland, my beautiful…
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Love Diary: The Catfish
Hinge is particulalry cool to me because you can filter by race, religion, and education. My current settings have been adjusted to only display a very particular type: Educated African Men Under 40. One (supposed) such connection, Mr. Sir asked me to join him for dinner at Nobu. I thought to myself, Fine Dining? Excellent.…
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Love Diary: Religion
Another day, another saga.I have embraced the fact that I am a walking Lifetime TV Plot. I think God just be wanting to amuse me… Ok, so where were we? Oh yea, Prof.Prof is so brilliant and unique, it drew me in. We’ve been talking couple months and it was so fun, I ignored a…
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BRAVO, LIV!
As the year 2024 nears its end & I prepare a balance sheet of my achievements this year, I note it has been 1.5 years since the dissolution of my marriage. Firstly, God has been faithful. Secondly, I really deserve to pat my own back for I have carried myself with grace. Grace I didn’t…
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DIAMS- TRANSLATED RAP (2of3)
Seems I took ten steps closer to God since things took a somber turn. Even seems like I am better since they abandonned me. Because that is how it is in life, when all is well, you have many friend. Then when the lights are off, you hear a voice saying “you are alone Mélanie”.…
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IN RE: BEAUTY
One of my favorite texts ever written is the UN Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR). It recognizes the right to bodily autonomy as a fundamental human right. As such, I your humble servant, would not dare instruct anyone on what to do with their bodies. Still, I can’t help but feel like the Multi-Billion industry…