Chocolate Diversity

~~~ While attending the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), I learned that my race didn’t dictate my grades. Hard work along with good professors (shout out to Professor Ein, now a Dept. Head) helped determine this fact. I earned a solid ‘A’ in one of the toughest mathematics courses at UIC, differential equations. Diffy […]

Remembering Louise’s Last Days

~~~ My grandmother stood approximately six feet tall prior to aging taking its toll on her body. When I was a child she was a little intimidating and a very no nonsense person. She showed loved in straight-forward ways just like her personality. Her favorite way of showing she cared was through feeding you. My […]

Hair: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

~~~ People with bone straight hair want wavy or curly hair. People with curly or wavy hair want bone straight hair. Recently, I cut off my dreadlocs. There are other known ways to remove dreads or locs as sometimes called but I decided to cut mine. I let them grow out a little allowing for […]

In Memory of Mom

~~~ Mother’s Day weekend is tough for me. When my mom was living, I would enjoy showering her with gifts this weekend. However, I didn’t wait until Mother’s Day to tell her I loved her or to treat her to dinner. Each month I would do something nice or maybe deposit a little surprise in […]

From Whence We Come

~~~ I am the child of a mother who became pregnant at the age of 20. My father a few years older than my mother, on his own free will asked her to marry him. I never thought to ask my now deceased parents if they would have gotten married without the pregnancy. I grew […]

With Humble Hands

~~~ April 15, 2011 at 7:04am marked the last time, I communicated with my mother at least in the earthly realm. She breathed her last breath sometime that morning. But this blog post isn’t to reflect on her death; for that you can look at post from April and May of 2011. Post made on April 15th […]

Faithfully Yours

~~~ I intended to blog about something completely different, however my spirit lead me to the topic of faith. This morning like millions of Christians around the planet, I attended church. Today is the holiest days of Christianity, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in fulfillment of biblical scriptures. After leaving church my husband […]

Behind Me…Before Me

~~~ Happy New Year! Today is the 2nd Anniversary of PaisleyPerspective: blogging about the arts & social awareness. PaisleyPerspective started as a blog dedicated to talking about everything under the sun but it was later decided to reign in the topics and focus on two of my passions. Today I want to take a personal […]

Benevolence

~~~ December is the time of year where many charities receive a large portion of their donations. We are all familiar with the red Salvation Army kettles where for years in my hometown of Chicago received a surprise gold coin donation. Businesses have local food drives to fill food bank shelves. Homeless shelters and church […]