Tag: growth
Posted on January 9, 2020
by Shakiyla
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If you could be any wild animal, what would you be? I legitimately asked myself this the entire time I was on the safari in Kenya. Would I want to be as quiet and meek as an elephant or as bold and alert as… Continue Reading “Nairobi, Kenya”
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Category: Life., travelTags: africa, animals, big5, blackwomentravel, creation, God, growth, humbled, kenya, maasai, nairobi, nature, peace, photography, reservations, safari, travel, traveltour, tribes, wildcats, wildlife
Posted on October 3, 2018
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Today makes a week without my baby. I love talking about the good things that come with moving to Nigeria, but the tough stuff seems to lay low. I’m having to break ties that I thought I could manage. In this case, though, I… Continue Reading “So it begins.”
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Posted on June 10, 2018
by Shakiyla
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This is my first time posting on the website since I made the decision to have a complete abdominal hysterectomy. I felt myself walk away from writing. I felt myself walk away from opening my heart to the world (or at least the small… Continue Reading “I am Woman.”
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Category: Life.Tags: adoption, africa, barren, Black women, childbirth, christianity, endometriosis, growth, healing, hysterectomy, love, nature, peace, photography, singleness, woman, womanhood
Posted on March 20, 2018
by Shakiyla
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I haven’t posted on my “Meet a Friend” page in quite some time, so here goes: Elijah is my little brother. He’s the oldest of the two but will always be my baby. I’ve watched him go from being a complete MUTE, to… Continue Reading “Meet Elijah.”
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Posted on March 12, 2018
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This weekend was one that I’m sure I will remember for the rest of my life. I’ve gone through it not being able to walk, crying in front of friends who I’ve been my “strongest” for, and having to physically be taken care of… Continue Reading “I’m ready.”
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Posted on January 11, 2018
by Shakiyla
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This is not some rouse to get you to read my blog. Today, for the first time in a long time, I uncontrollably cried. Here’s how it started: Last night, around 10pm, I was overwhelmed with insecurity. I felt like I was an embarrassment… Continue Reading “Today, I Cried.”
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Category: Life.Tags: classroom, compassion, crying, education, growth, insecurity, love, personal, students, teacher, teachers, tears
Posted on January 2, 2018
by Shakiyla
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I’ll go ahead and get right to it. I haven’t posted in about a year, and the last time I did, it was a short poem about an exhaustive break-up. I made the conscious decision never to go back to that place. I decided… Continue Reading “The Year of Growth.”
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Posted on September 18, 2016
by Shakiyla
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I don’t have very many people who stick around. I don’t mean people who know OF me, I mean people who know my heart and all of its hurt. People who know my mind and why it works the way it does. People who… Continue Reading “An Epiphany…”
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Posted on August 20, 2013
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I’m a thinker. I find myself sitting in the room, in my car, or at the foot of the Cross creating scenarios in my head. I don’t find it strange, sometimes it’s simply an interference during my day. So, I’m sitting on the couch… Continue Reading “im His daughter.”
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Category: Life.Tags: cheesecake, daddy, daughter, family, father, forgiveness, future, God the father, growth, hands, healing, joy, latenight, life, love, matthew, past, peace, relationships, rest, scars, scripture, sick, thinking, understinding
Posted on June 8, 2013
by Shakiyla
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I’m 21 years old and I don’t think I’ll ever not want to run into her arms when I’ve had enough of the world and its crap.As long as I can remember, she has had the most trust in the woman I want to… Continue Reading “Meet My Mother.”
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Category: Family.Tags: background, descriptions, faith in god, family, growth, info, love, mom, mother, norm, pain and suffering, peace, perfect balance, protector, smile