LivingOutLoud

If I had never seen myself before on television, Keri Washington as Olivia Pope was my doppelgänger. I was tuned in religiously EVERY Thursday for Scandal I was TGIT every, single week. And not just because of the mess, the drama, or the steamy Fitz moments (though… yeah, felt sis.). It was something deeper. I saw myself in her—the fixer, the protector, the woman who carried everybody else’s chaos while silently drowning in her own.😖 Recently, I started binge-watching it again. And you know what? In that moment, I realized something. I wasn’t just trying to get lost in the drama or the crazy plot twists. I was looking for something comforting. Something familiar. Something I could control. Because, truth be told, I’ve been needing that comfort lately. In this season of my life, I’m literally moving in faith. And if you know anything about faith, it’s the complete opposite of control. So, I am losing it over here, mkay?! Everything around me is completely out of my damn hands. My next ...

Redemption, Realness & Returning to the Mic... I didn’t expect to be here again. Actually couldn't have paid me to believe it. Not in front of a mic.🎤 Not in church spaces. ⛪ Not talking about sanctification on a "random" Tuesday. 😳 But here I am—still cussing, sipping occasionally, lighting one when I feel it—but still deeply and undeniably His. 🙌 January 29, 2024. My Day of Redemption. That’s the day I came back to God for real—for me. Not for church. Not for image. Not because somebody told me I should. But because life had already humbled me, dragged me, and then handed me back to Jesus in pieces. And you know what? He took me...just as I was. I had spent most of my life as a Christian, buried under shame, feeling like I had to earn grace and apologize for breathing. So eventually, I said “fuck it” and walked away. I did my own thing—all the way—and it still led me right back to the one place I swore I was done with: the feet of Jesus. But the version of me tha...

WHEW!...I’m picking up the pen (virtually) again and I’m so FULL of emotions. 😬 I am truly, truly, trulyyyy getting back to Genesis---IYKYK. For those of you that are just getting #aShotOfGEN or getting introduced to #therebelpk... Hi! I’m Genesis! 🤗 I’m a divine creative, a single Mommie and a third generation preacher’s kid. My grandfather was a Pastor in the “Grand Old” Church of God In Christ (COGIC); my mother is a licensed Evangelist Missionary; and then there’s me, former praise & worship and youth & young adult leader, bible-toting, tongue-talking, happy feet church girl. I was the good girl trapped in the isms and schisms, until my search for God (for real) led me to a space of paradox and for many people, it translated to me being “rebellious.” In actuality, I was just learning and unlearning...embracing uncertainty, all while holding on to the truth which is Jesus is real! I mean really REAL!...and it was in my experience of religious trauma and spiritual abuse tha...