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I am a Black Christian woman navigating life a day at a time. Here's to feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

Perfectly Imperfect SJ

I am a Black Christian woman navigating life a day at a time. Here's to feeling the fear and doing it anyway.

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25/10/2026
In Loving You, I Was Loving Me
07/10/2026
Somewhere Between Your Life and Mine
24/08/2026
It Was Always You
17/08/2026
A Love I Could Not Keep
31/08/2022
Weaponising Me
23/10/2021
Not Sure Yet
25/09/2021
Compressed Thoughts
14/08/2021
Deja Vu
05/06/2021
The Beauty I Behold
22/05/2021
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To Be Loved

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What a funny notion it is, to be loved What an interesting notion it is, to be loved What a fanatical notion it is, to be loved What is love? Is it the oh so common “I love you’s” we hear? Or the nestling of an overpriced ring on a finger? It is it the…

Poetry
27/02/2021

CB: I Don’t Know What That Means!

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Anyone else become completely stumped when it comes to figuring out if someone likes you? Am I all alone on this confused hill of mine? With my counsellor, I have been discussing relationships and how I have never been able to tell if someone I like,…

Counselling and Self-Love
24/02/2021

Why I Prefer Working from Home

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2 Min Read

No bras for one!!! Now it goes without saying that this current lockdown is a pile of manure, however, I have managed to find many a perk. Care to lean in? Your girl does not have to wear a bra. I repeat: your girl does not have to wear a bra! I mean can…

Dear DiaryReal Talk
20/02/2021

How You Make Me Feel

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My favourite thing about you is definitely your smile and second is your laugh – what a blesséd sound To be able to look at you and see the authenticity of your heart – what a loving spirit you hold Being a part of your life, I know I’m…

Poetry
14/02/2021

CB: Giving Grace, Having Patience

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3 Min Read

Another session has passed and boy… This was one to process. I will always be an advocate of counselling and I am happy to spew all the benefits that come from it. But sometimes in order to get to higher places of enlightenment of oneself, you…

Counselling and Self-Love
10/02/2021

Church Hurt- Bible College Edition

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How does one even begin? I’ll be honest, this has taken a good while to process and there is still a ways to go. But I’ve definitely come a long way. My relationship with church life has always been touch and go, not helped by my frequent…

Faith Life
06/02/2021

Strength in Weakness

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4 Min Read

Anyone else feel like this lockdown is hitting harder the third time around? I do. It tires me out just to think about how it’s affecting me. Here’s the “sitch”: I prayed to God on the way to work in March (the day before I got sent home with a laptop to…

Dear DiaryFaith LifeReal Talk
03/02/2021

Scent

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1 Min Read

Your Scent Lingers on my pillow Takes me back To a sacred place Your Scent My body, it hungers for Leaning over once more I now become undone

Poetry
30/01/2021

CB: Familiarity in Relationships

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2 Min Read

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am an advocate of counselling and currently having sessions now (which I am absolutely loving btw!!). I thought I’d do regular posts about what I am learning on my journey of self-love and care. Maybe this will…

Counselling and Self-Love
27/01/2021

My New Year’s Resolutions for 2021

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5 Min Read

First off, what are those?!?! Haha! There will be a total of zero new year’s resolutions for this year of 2021. That was so… whatever came before 2020. (You had to be there to know). Come to think of it, I don’t even know where this idea of…

Dear DiaryReal Talk
23/01/2021
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