JOURNALS OF JO

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

WHO GIVES A Sometimes you'll feel like you're being used. You'll want to lash out at the world and curse at strangers just because they...

Because it’s never my intention to hurt anyone but to open people up to a better expression of themselves. I won’t back down and cower befor

A stately eagle or vulture or hawk flies by as they each survey their land. Looking for prey. The rushing waters of the rivers below seem