It’s only been 3 months and yet this year, I’ve celebrated life and death. I celebrated the life of my late grandmother and the life of my only living grandparent, my grandfather. Journey with me as I share these experiences and where it has led my thoughts.

We all have two versions of ourselves, who we truly are and who other people want us to be.

The moment I stepped out of Piarco International Airport in Trinidad, I took a deep breath in and something was different. The air felt more crisp. I could hear music and Trinidadian accents all around. As I scanned the scenery, I saw the beautiful mountains and all my childhood memories came rushing back to me. 

I’ve been away for a while, and in an effort to fulfill the goals of Curl Meets World, I want to be transparent. The last 6 to 7 months of my life have been change after change after change. At one point, I remember thinking, “What else could there be?” and immediately regretting even asking that question because I didn’t want to know the answer.  

The easy answer is yes. But the truth is, it’s up to you.

When I’m not in the mood for a solo trip and I haven’t quite identified a travel bae, I explore the option of traveling with a platonic friend.

Everyone has their thing. Your thing could be fashion, or cooking, or hosting. Your thing could be anything, but your thing can’t be everything.

It’s been quite a year, for all of us.

It’s been a little while, friends.

I am 1 of 6 siblings and it goes boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl. I’m the middle sister and the gap from the firstborn to the youngest is 12 years. When you have that many siblings, you get used to sharing everything, whether you like it or not.

It’s the end of September. We’re 3/4 of the way through 2021 and I still haven’t fully processed 2020…. I know I can’t be the only one running on autopilot some days. Either way, I’m thankful every day, for everything.

Soooo it’s Wednesday…. and I know what you’re thinking…… I’m late… I apologize for not notifying you sooner. I gave myself a day (or seven) off. However, I don’t apologize for taking some time off and neither should you.

It’s so easy to fall into the slump of a 3-day weekend, a holiday break, a summer break, PTO, etc. We get a little time to ourselves and we collapse.

We live in a country (US) that apparently has a whole lot of national holidays that no one knows about. The process to make a national holiday must be really easy because…… there’s just SO MANY.

Growing up, I enjoyed “nerdy” things. I liked to read. I liked to learn. I was excited to go to school. I took advanced classes. I did school competitions. The whole nine.

Growing up, I used the word “I” a lot. I did everything, I figured it out, I solved the problem, I took care of it…

I’m terrible at goodbyes. I never know what to say. I’m never ready. I already cried saying goodbye at work…

Let me preface this by saying I’m an adventurer. I like adventure, I like taking risks, I like new experiences. Now, if you’re more plain…