Losing something that made you whole, unapologetic, and happy is now gone and you love life wondering if you'll ever get it back

A short reflection on why some creative chapters begin without noise, and why quiet work often outlasts the loudest trends.

This poem explores the quiet shame and exhaustion of feeling “not enough” despite working hard and surviving with what you have. Through the image of worn, secondhand clothes and the dreamlike figure of “More,” it wrestles with poverty, comparison, and the relentless desire to prove worth. In the end, it gently questions whether what already supports and covers the speaker might, in fact, be enough.

My name is Kimberly R. McClary, and I am a 40 year-old black woman from Danville, VA. I don't have any children, or a spouse, but I have 5 nieces and nephews who I treat as my own. I am the oldest of 3, my parents have been married for over 40 years, and both are still alive! Praise God! I am an unwavering believer in Jesus Christ, and one of His strongest servants.

A raw and deeply personal memoir written to my three sons: Isaiah, Elijah, and Zechariah. This piece reflects on motherhood, trauma, addiction, grief, accountability, spiritual awakening, and breaking generational cycles of abuse. It is an honest apology, a testament to healing, and a declaration that the cycle ends here. Centered on kindness, forgiveness, and self-worth, this story is about transformation, redemption, and the hope of rebuilding love with the men my boys have become.

This poem is about playing the sitar instrument and how its role captures the beautiful legacy of classical music.

Neighbor problems can quietly drain your peace if they’re not handled the right way. Whether it’s constant noise, boundary disputes, gossip, parking issues, or disrespectful behavior, unresolved tension can quickly turn your home into a source of stress instead of comfort. .Handling neighbor problems isn’t about winning arguments — it’s about protecting your peace, setting clear boundaries, and communicating with calm confidence. With the right approach, you can resolve conflicts maturely, avoid unnecessary drama, and create a healthier living environment for everyone involved.

We can say we know . We can learn but never experience . We can try to understand . We will always want to know . We will never know anything . It will never be obvious . It will seem we understand . It will seem we can get there . We cannot get there . If we devoted all of our lives . It will never work out . The world doesn't allow us to know .

This article is a deep dive into the psychology, strategy, and artistry of emotional design - not just visually, but narratively, structurally, and experientially. It’s for writers, creatives, designers, and entrepreneurs who want their work to matter, who want to engage more than attention.

This article reframes structure as creative support rather than restriction. You’ll learn how to treat your novel like a designed system, one that holds emotion, tension, pacing, and meaning without suffocating your voice.

This article is about shifting from book-thinking to career-thinking. It’s about building a creative life that lasts; one where your writing evolves, your voice deepens, and your identity as a writer remains intact even when the industry is uncertain.

This article explores how to harness storytelling as a tool for clarity, direction, and coherence across mediums. Because when your work has a narrative at its core, everything you make connects, both internally and with the people meant to receive it.

This article proposes a reframing: writer’s block is not the absence of creativity, it is communication. It is the story pushing back. It is your mind, body, or inner compass signaling that something is misaligned, unfinished, misunderstood, or unsustainable.

This article reframes revision not as drudgery, but as discovery. As the stage where a story finds its true shape, voice, and power.

To be vulnerable on the page, while Black, is not simply to reveal emotion. It is to risk being misunderstood, flattened, or consumed by an audience that has often demanded strength without softness, resilience without rest, and stories without interiority.

In creative work, whether writing a novel, designing a brand, or crafting a business strategy - mystery is a tool. Not the kind of mystery that confuses or frustrates, but the kind that invites engagement, sparks imagination, and keeps people invested.

To turn ideas into impact is to design a pathway between vision and results. It’s the bridge between dreaming and doing and it’s a learnable skill.

We keep returning to the stories that break us. We seek them, cherish them, and carry their fragments with us. We allow them to crack open our hearts and, in that opening, to teach us what it means to feel, to endure, and to remember.

You’ll stumble. You’ll grow. You’ll overuse commas and underuse rest days. But in between all that chaos, you’ll make something real.

As writers, it’s not our job to escape nostalgia. It’s our job to have a conversation with it. To ask: what does this story mean now?