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Feb.10.2013
Some time ago
Someone told me I was too naive
I gave people too much credit sometimes
they couldn't understand
how and why I saw beauty and kindness around me and they couldn't
For a while it made me question why I chose to live my life in a particular way
and I could never quite come up with an...
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Jan.29.2013
I left my husband
Consciously,
subconsciously,
emotionally,
financially...
physically but most of all spiritually
It takes some time and a hell of lot of "you" work to remove yourself from a way of thinking about your life and your marriage. It takes a lot of hurt and a lot of pain to untwist...
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Jan.01.2013
Those who know me sometimes wish they didn't...
I'm hard to read sometimes
and even though I speak honestly, very rarely does anyone truly know who I am.
I've learned to keep things in my life quiet or at least parts of it anyway.
Its a skill you learn as someone who was molested as a child or...
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Dec.31.2012
Greetings Family, The “Blues” was conceived out of love and a want for better understanding of who we are as Black Americans.
Discovering the connection between our African heritage and our American upbringing is one of the single greatest journeys that I will continue on throughout my...
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Sep.02.2012
In American culture, we sometimes underestimate the value of women in our families. Their presence is seen as calming, nurturing and safe. We are lulled in our everyday lives to thinking a woman's place is beside her man, her children, her home. Quietly supporting those around her without inferring...
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Aug.20.2012
My cousin recently returned home after 18 years in prison.
I have to admit for me it was like looking at photographs of people you used to know but weren't really sure how you and they got along but your sure you missed them but just not enough to dwell on it because your sure it would be...
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Aug.20.2012
Years ago I stopped celebrating holidays like Easter and Christmas. Not because I had anything against them but because the meaning of these days changed for me. At first I thought it was because of the commercialism and the rhetoric but as the days came and went I realized it was because...
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Jul.02.2012
Whenever someone asks me about my depression I always gloss over it.
I use code words like "dark" period in my life
or I laugh about my 5 minutes with Doc (Dr. Pamela Ralph, a noted adolescent and adult psychiatrist in PA) but what I don't do is tell them about it.
Not the whole truth anyway...
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Jun.29.2012
Let's just be honest...
As a teenager I was "dramatic"
Us creative types can be overly so when we want to be
I had my bouts of hysterical blindness and "mental" breakdowns perfectly timed to for effect and overall situational advantage.
…I was doing research for my academy award winning movie......
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Jun.20.2012
Ok granted…compared to some of my counterparts
I’m the geek in the room who the “dumb blond” jokes are directed at
I get it and to be honest… it’s ok
I’m the one in the room that doesn’t instantly get offended by terminologies, jokes or articles that incite calls of stereotypes and racial...
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Oct.19.2011
I've been sitting in Lifeclass now for a few days now and to be honest I thought I was all together but....
Maybe not so much
There are some heartaches left to climb
I've spent alot of time reliving the past, mulling over mistakes, apologizing for things I've said, wished I hadn't said, should have...
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Oct.11.2011
The funny thing about the universe is its impeccable timing....
Never once has the universe ever let me slide through on a test of self.
For the past several days I've hesitated making a decision I knew was best for me and the project I was working on because I wanted everybody to like me.
Now I...
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Oct.10.2011
Good Morning!
To be honest I don't know if you'll ever read this but I don't think its for you necessarily, I think its more for me to see what I've accomplished if I put my mind to it.
So here we go....gotta love that Oprah effect!
Day 365 I woke up today and realized what day it was...
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Sep.09.2011
A few days ago a gentleman paid me a very wonderful compliment
"You look beautiful and sexy"
I blushed as I stood in the middle of the street wearing a sweat smelling tattered t-shirt, capri jogging pants, dirty sneakers with my hair pulled haphazardly pulled into a pony tail while my dog licked...
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Jul.25.2011
A friend who happens to be family was going through somethings recently and they needed some encouragement about rectifying the mistakes they'd made in their lives in their younger "more ridiculous" years.
You know the one's
Those years when you believed the commercials that told you if...
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Every breathing thing has a purpose for being”
About Monique
Culture Discovery Enthusiast, Lover, Mystery, Truthsayer, Mystic, Wisdom, Pride and Warrior
Who says you can't write while dancing on the ceiling and cooking breakfast
I have been everything and now I am nothing so that I can become anything at all.
Poet,...
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Causes Monique Annan Supports
The Leeway Foundation
Monique’s Favorite Books
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum