When I stepped off the plane at Charles deGaulle Airport in Paris, France two months ago, I very quickly learned their unspoken, number one rule: to enter the city, you must be in love. (The soldiers armed with machine guns that met me at the airport and at the subway
When you’ve already accepted that God is good and God is beautiful, it is so easy to find Him in good and beautiful things, whether you’re flying through cotton candy clouds, watching life grow all around you in a garden, marveling at human works of art, or witnessing a kind
On April 15, 2012, the Erin Peterson Fund held its 5th Annual Erin Peterson Gospel Celebration of Life in honor of slain student Erin Nicole Peterson. Just five years ago today, this 18-year-old freshman and DMV-area native, along with 32 others, became a victim of the deadliest school shooting in American
People suck and disappoint. It’s in our DNA. It doesn’t make it o.k., but it is a reality of life. I had an encounter with such a reality of life today, and as promised, it sucked and was disappointing. It cut me to discover (in the most non-chalant aside I’ve
On Valentine’s Day 2012, my six-months-no-dating pledge ended. What a perfect day to reveal epiphanies about love. Except, I wasn’t ready to recap all I’d learned, just yet. I took some time and really processed these past six months, and here”s what I came up with. Well, for those just joining me, six
At the beginning of February, in honor of my 6 Months No Dating Pledge ending on Valentine’s Day, I gave away a Valentine’s Day Dinner for two at Georgia Brown’s in D.C. Brandy was our winner and here is her story: Late January going through my twitter account I came
I have them. Lots of them. For example, I would NEVER do online dating, because even though I find myself perfectly acceptable, I would assume that any guy dating online MUST be a complete loser if he has to resort to such measures. Yeah, I’m unable to justify it in
“Whitney Houston is dead,” my god sister said Saturday after scrolling through a text message from her brother. “No she isn’t.” I immediately dismissed it, shaming Twitter for causing yet another death hoax. It was nearly 10 p.m. and we had been without cellphone service for several hours as we
I was nearly mugged by two Riley-looking teen boys, one in a blue-hooded coat and the other in a red-hooded one, less than a block away from my home. While I am thrilled to see that the Crips and the Bloods are now working together in harmony, I’ve certainly
There’s a triple-negative in the title of this post, but I can’t think of any other way to say it. So many people have expressed a desire to enter my Valentine’s Day Giveaway of $150 dinner for two at Georgia Brown’s, yet have not entered because they do not have