JOURNALS OF JO

Its amazing how we feel when we finally slough off the debri of a bad life that has held us back and down. You know when you finally can...

CHAPTER 4 Momma said, "Everybody come in the house!" Remember back when we were all little kids on a Saturday afternoon? It didn’t matter...

The youngest kids always had the warmest baths. And it was always youngest to the oldest. We went in groups of three for the “Little kids

I keep putting off writing this letter to you because it’s not something I want o do. Because it seems so final. Even though, now as I...

I will stand accountable for my actions and if they have consequences that I think are too hard for me to bear I will not drag down innocent

The rest of us, you know, women? We don't need you to teach other young women that it's okay to accept an insult.

And just knowing that I will soon place that lovely elixir to my lips and feel it slither down my throat, leaving a sensation that consumes

After waiting up for hours and hours until the sun came up over the horizon of the tall buildings in this dark city where we live and where

You have the power to make the powers that be see me as a human being. You have the power to turn the tide of racism to love and acceptance

These cats weren't ever your friends and they never invited you to the table.  They always fed you and me, scraps from it when we were h