TaylorMade4Us

  Yesterday, I was scrolling on Instagram like usual and came across a post by my preacher Pastor Steven Furtick (shoutout to Elevation Church, my second home). He posted a clip from a previous sermon that was talking about how you can start the new year off right. The 60-second clip was about how to properly remember the new year right. I really enjoyed this clip because it was during this time that I was creating a list of goals that I wanted to accomplish for the new year, something that I do traditionally every year, and every year I struggle with the same problem of repeating goals because I never complete them. I will list some of those reoccurring goals below. 1. Read more. 2. Work out more. 3. Go out more with your friends. And these are goals that more of us tend to include in our new year's resolutions. While most people may read these and go ..." there doesn't seem to be a problem to me" , I do and I will tell you what it is. When I first created ...

    With there being only a few weeks left until I move back into college, I just wanted to reflect and share with you all how my freshman year went. Pictured above is my dorm from last year, as many of you saw on my instagram. I stayed in a triple with two other ladies, Ashley and Lily. It was honestly fun in the triple, I don't really see why people don't like triples, it felt like a never-ending sleepover!             I moved in before my roommates because I was a part of a program called Thrive! Thrive was designed to help first generational minority students settle into the college life. I am grateful for that opportunity because it helped me get use to what I was in for before it actually started. I learned a few tips provided by professors to help ensure success in my classes, made friends, and found my way around the campus.        Then classes started, first semester went by extremely fast. ...

She is a girl. She is a girl who wears her heart on her sleeves. She is a girl who puts her all into everything. She is a girl who has felt pain. She is a girl who has loved. She is a girl that at times feels lost. She is a girl that feels alone. She is a girl that will put on a smile even when she is not happy. She is a girl that will hold her tears back just to let you shed your own. She is...                                       

    I see color, I see the color in the sky, grass, water, the road, my hair, the tv, my favorite book, I see color. Surprisingly, it never phased me that I see color, growing up I lived in a predominantly black neighborhood but always went to schools that were diverse therefore, never confined to getting to know one race. But, it has now become a thing where now "race" is everywhere: on applications, tv, newspapers, etc. However, I have realized it has always been there but I have never noticed, and it wasn't that I never cared to notice but rather that it was never important to notice. I remember when I was younger being confused on what to check on applications and surveys that ask how do you identify yourself, because I identify as two races I am Puerto Rican and African American. I felt as though if I limit to one,  then I limit myself as a person. However, my parents always instructed me to check "prefer not to say" but really did I prefer not to say? I w...

     In less than 6 months I will be walking across the stage. I have never been more excited in my life, I am excited for the next chapter in my life. I am excited to meet the person I am destined to be and to be with. If you have not heard by now I am going to Queens University of Charlotte, which also happens to be my number one choice. I was super ecstatic to get my acceptance letter, most people tend to ask me why I decided to stay in Charlotte and I must admit staying in state was not always my first choice. When I was younger I used to tell people that I wanted to go to Florida State University, far, far, away from my family. But for some reason, as I got older I just didn't see the need anymore. There's so much more to discover right here in Charlotte, it doesn't even have to be places I've never been to but the idea of discovering by myself is what entices me.      Sidebar, I am obsessed with a TV show that happens to NOT be Grey's Anatomy...it'...

Love, because I love you I want nothing but the best for you.  I want to see you shine and accomplish the world.  I want you to be happy and not the type of happy that is portrayed  on tv. The type of happy that everyone dreams about.   Love, because I love you and want this best for you,   I put my wants and needs aside for yours.  Because I love you I forgot what it is to love myself.   I've convinced myself that loving me is selfish. When really you're the one who is selfish for not telling me it is okay to love ME.