Daana
Blast From the Past.
Talk about a blast from the past (not sure why I’m using that phrase). Remember my FWB? The guy who I dated (I use that term in the...
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Daana
Aug 10, 20172 min read
Reclaiming My Time: On Why I’m Not Attending My Class Reunion.
I’m pretty proud of where I am 20 years later. And, I think I still look pretty good. That said, I will not be attending. And I am...
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Daana
May 31, 20173 min read
Inadvertent Petty.
[ An aside: my ex is a pretty private person, and doesn’t share his business on these interwebs, which means I really don’t run a serious...
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Daana
Apr 30, 20171 min read
My Prom from Hell.
My Prom From Hell: A Thread — D. (@retrosoul__) April 30, 2017 It was wild. And all things considered, I was very fortunate that it...
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Daana
Apr 9, 20173 min read
No Pain, No Gain?
Betty Wright strikes me as one of those aunties, waxing poetic about her experiences with men — schooling us young girls on what (and...
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Daana
Mar 1, 20172 min read
Petty on Reserve.
Appropriation. Honestly, I don’t know who to credit for this image, but I don’t own it. Very fitting, though. So in my post yesterday, I...
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Daana
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Privilege To Be Petty.
So the other day, I sent my ex a very blunt and (and in his view petty) text Now, I know it may seem petty, but I promise that there was...
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Daana
Dec 17, 20161 min read
Claiming It — Goodness in Year Four.
“There are always and only two trains running. There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both. To live life with dignity,...
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Daana
Dec 15, 20163 min read
Agency, Silence and Closure.
“Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison (Song of Solomon) One of my friends tweeted this last...
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Daana
Dec 11, 20165 min read
Side Chick.
I am not a relationship expert, nor do I want to be. I’m just a woman with a lot of life experience. I offer but one perspective. Let’s...
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Daana
Nov 27, 20163 min read
Unchecked Motives.
After a heated argument with my ex today, he likened our “friendship” to an abusive relationship. While my initial thought was, “This man...
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Daana
Nov 25, 20164 min read
Staying Gold — Third Time’s the Charm.
Stevie Wonder’s song Stay Gold always makes me happy. In the song, he sings about reflecting on a place and time when we were young, and...
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Daana
Nov 23, 20164 min read
Standing in the Light, Part I.
I may lose some friends, associates, and respect over this, but I’ve got to, as Aunt Ester (Gem of the Ocean, August Wilson) suggested —...
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Daana
Nov 22, 20162 min read
REWIND: Kryptonite.
So, I wrote this well over two years ago, in regards to the good old FWB (even after I knew he had involved himself with my ex-friend,...
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Daana
Nov 20, 20164 min read
The World Owes You Nothing.
“It means that no one else is living for you, my child. Because no one is you. Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is...
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Daana
Nov 19, 20163 min read
Unfinished Business.
Do you remember the film, The Best Man (1999)? Taye Diggs’ character, “Harper Stewart” was writing a memoir recalling past experiences...
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Daana
Nov 18, 20161 min read
No Room for Love.
Why I involve myself with losers (criminals, unavailable men, serial cheaters, jerks — a combination of any of the aforementioned...
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Daana
Nov 17, 20162 min read
REWIND: Karma’s Revenge, Part II.
This was written several months ago, but never shared publicly. There’s a lesson here, folks. The Universe works things out in its own...
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Daana
Nov 15, 20163 min read
Context, Part II (This Really Deserves a More Personal Title).
This is a continuation of the abridged version of my pertinent relationship history. My second, and the most recent real relationship...
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Daana
Nov 15, 20162 min read
REWIND: All That Glitters.
This post was written back in May of 2015, but never shared publicly. This was the culmination of a bunch of bullshit, but not the end of...
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