JOURNALS OF JO

CHAPTER 6 Momma said: "Young ladies do not yell.” How many times as a kid, have you yelled at the top of your lungs and thought that was...

I've always said, I'm a late bloomer. My petals may look fragile, but they have withstood fire and frost, floods and earthquakes, tidal...

Along the dark path you can't see the sidewalk because the lights ain't never been working on the street. In this time of the night in...

Just before I was born my last memory was of my last breath and the excitement I felt. The anticipation of the new wonders of this new...

So I'm sitting with my fam in the cul de sac and Ron shares his four days of trauma, from watching the kids. Because his wife had to...

BE GENTLE IN YOUR JUDGMENT OF ME When you take a look at my life and you see every little minute, infinitesimal, moment of every little...

Don't you want to be impressed? I want to be impressed? When you take a look at the day. At the end of the day. After you turn off the...

My hands are swollen this morning. I can feel the swelling in my temples, all the way down to my toes. And I haven’t even set up in bed...

So, today I decided I’m gonna change the house around. Again. Move all of the furniture, rearrange the wall hangings. Re-toss those...

I was born female. That made me a woman. My mom called me her baby girl. That made me a woman. I am a sister to my brothers, a mother to...