Happy Anniversary?

...I still either have to brace myself or forget and get spin-cycled through the day/week/whatever.

Is that you?

I’m praying for you - for us - today so you know you’re not alone. You’re not forgotten. You are loved.

Read More

Anchors

I read an article some years back that said that whatever friends you make by 20-something would be the only friends you’d make from then on.

Scary! Especially considering that most of the s**t that torpedoes longtime relationships typically happens after thirty. LOL!

Read More
sex, younger men, dating, relationships, flirting, older women, maturity, adulting, second acts, Jermaine Rollins, marriage, shoes, jazz, Los Angeles, LA, L.A., music, 90s, the 90s, JLo, Jennifer Lopez, younger guys, family reunion, younger women, sisterhood, friendship, Old Age, Masego, SIR, Tadow, sugar mama, sugar daddy, Aaliyah, tradition, first love, online dating, Match.com, OK Cupid, Plenty of Fish, EHarmony, Bumble, Tinder, dating app, sing;e, single, single life, sexuality, sexual prime, girl talk, advice, wisdom, jealousy, millennials, Gen Y, Gen X, love, culture, culture shift, empowerment, feminism, choice, patriarchy, double standard, money, spirituality, Holy Spirit, spirit, vision, understanding, truth, compassion, values, age, God, talk to God Samantha Sarah Anne sex, younger men, dating, relationships, flirting, older women, maturity, adulting, second acts, Jermaine Rollins, marriage, shoes, jazz, Los Angeles, LA, L.A., music, 90s, the 90s, JLo, Jennifer Lopez, younger guys, family reunion, younger women, sisterhood, friendship, Old Age, Masego, SIR, Tadow, sugar mama, sugar daddy, Aaliyah, tradition, first love, online dating, Match.com, OK Cupid, Plenty of Fish, EHarmony, Bumble, Tinder, dating app, sing;e, single, single life, sexuality, sexual prime, girl talk, advice, wisdom, jealousy, millennials, Gen Y, Gen X, love, culture, culture shift, empowerment, feminism, choice, patriarchy, double standard, money, spirituality, Holy Spirit, spirit, vision, understanding, truth, compassion, values, age, God, talk to God Samantha Sarah Anne

Lady/Lady

She’d gone out with this man several times and, try as she might, she couldn’t bring herself to get into him. On paper, he was great. And she knew it. So did he. But she was a vibrant woman still ascending into her prime (btw…those old beliefs that a woman HITS her prime in her mid-30s are horribly misleading. if truth be told, sliding into the midpoint of your third decade signals the START of hitting your prime, ladies, and, from what I hear, it goes on and on and on from there... You’re welcome 😉) and he…well he was a guy who knew he looked good on paper.

Read More

Soooo You're Back…?

I hate lies now. Like…A LOT. The worst lies, I find, are the ones that I don’t even know I’m telling. Those are the ones that have their root in the deep, dark and murky recesses of my insecurities, past rejections, and the total conviction that if I can’t see them, no one else can either. Until I unceremoniously find out they can.

Read More

Raze the City

Every time you become romantically involved with someone, what many fail to fully acknowledge is that most people have had several romantic relationships before you came along. Usually, what has been left is a series of half-made buildings – some of them greatly decayed/decaying because they were half-erected and abandoned so long ago. Someone else moved in and didn’t necessarily start building on the last erection (no pun/all puns intended) but, rather likely began building in another part of the ‘city’.

Read More
friends, friendship, roommates, sisters, sisterhood, travel, sharing, cohabitation, living together, money, communication, compassion, anger, unforgiveness, narcissism, meditation, prayer, spirit, spirituality, talk to God, God, clap back, retaliation, fighting, winning, self respect, values, character, self control, love yourself, love, learn to love, forgiveness, talk, girlfriends, girl talk, life, influence, influencer, influencers, peer pressure, boundaries, boundary, respect, adulting, advice, anxiety, apologies, apology, be brave, chat, home, courage, double standard, fearlessness, Gen X, Gen Y, growth, honesty, humility, life hack, maturity, millennials, overcoming, patience, relationships, sacrifice, self discovery, selfishness, wisdom, women Samantha Sarah Anne friends, friendship, roommates, sisters, sisterhood, travel, sharing, cohabitation, living together, money, communication, compassion, anger, unforgiveness, narcissism, meditation, prayer, spirit, spirituality, talk to God, God, clap back, retaliation, fighting, winning, self respect, values, character, self control, love yourself, love, learn to love, forgiveness, talk, girlfriends, girl talk, life, influence, influencer, influencers, peer pressure, boundaries, boundary, respect, adulting, advice, anxiety, apologies, apology, be brave, chat, home, courage, double standard, fearlessness, Gen X, Gen Y, growth, honesty, humility, life hack, maturity, millennials, overcoming, patience, relationships, sacrifice, self discovery, selfishness, wisdom, women Samantha Sarah Anne

What Kind of You?

Some time ago, I had a friend who shared a house with me on alternative days/weeks when I was in town and vice versa. On one of my trips in town that coincided with one of her trips out of town, I arrived to the house to find it a mess and all the food I’d left 10 days earlier either eaten, given away or tossed out. I was a little low on cash, tired from traveling, and possessed little to no desire to go grocery shopping as soon as I got back. When I asked about the missing food and general ‘ugh’ of the house, I got a plate of evasive answers paired with a juicy slice of remorselessness washed down with a tall glass of ‘get over it…I already have’.

Read More

What'd You Call Me?

Last year, I made a new friend. I love that because, as I’ve traveled this world more, I have come to value and have a greater appreciation for what that word really means. I don’t take it lightly. One day, as I was talking with God about why this person was in my life, I heard one thing: “…to teach him bravery”.

Read More
2019, New Year, New Year's resolutions, resolutions, focus, boundaries, boundary, distraction, distractions, saying yes, saying no, how to say no, stress, optimism, optimistic, goals, accomplishment, help, schedule, organization, calendar, free time, priorites, prioritize, priority, breakthrough, success, abundance, adulting, advice, aggressive, balance, believe in yourself, communication, courage, encouragement, enjoy life, empowerment, family, family time, fear, fearlessness, friends, friendship, growth, handle your business, honesty, increase, judgment, life coaching, life hack, life strategy, maturity, money, no limit, pay attention, peace, peer pressure, procrastination, prosperity, purpose, purpose of life, quiet, relationships, responsibility, sacrifice, self care, self control, self discovery, self respect, shortcuts, stress free, order Samantha Sarah Anne 2019, New Year, New Year's resolutions, resolutions, focus, boundaries, boundary, distraction, distractions, saying yes, saying no, how to say no, stress, optimism, optimistic, goals, accomplishment, help, schedule, organization, calendar, free time, priorites, prioritize, priority, breakthrough, success, abundance, adulting, advice, aggressive, balance, believe in yourself, communication, courage, encouragement, enjoy life, empowerment, family, family time, fear, fearlessness, friends, friendship, growth, handle your business, honesty, increase, judgment, life coaching, life hack, life strategy, maturity, money, no limit, pay attention, peace, peer pressure, procrastination, prosperity, purpose, purpose of life, quiet, relationships, responsibility, sacrifice, self care, self control, self discovery, self respect, shortcuts, stress free, order Samantha Sarah Anne

Set the Tone?

It’s January 21st – three weeks into the New Year – and as good a time as I can think of to do a quick check-up on the laser focus with which many of us charged into 2019. Distractions abound as if seemingly on assignment to keep you from keeping your foot on the gas but, if you’re like me, you won’t be lured. There’s a prize ahead and I’ll be damned if I’m not going to grab it with both hands!

Read More