I used to go out often. I frequented the bars where dancehall and soca was played most because this was definitely my type of scene. Usually, it would be by myself because I don't have too many friends. Especially not the type of friends who would go to the after-after parties with me. I used …
Limit who?
In the post entitled, "The day that changed my life" I talked about the day that I was diagnosed with HIV back in 2008. I talked about how this guy named Northeast and this weird ass nurse let me in on the fact that I had this virus. I told y'all that I would have …
My way
Do you ever feel like you don't know what you are doing? Like you are just going with the motions of life? Well, this is me like everyday. I get up and do what I think I'm supposed to be doing. I watch those around me to see if I'm doing it right. And I've …
One woman show
Sometimes people ask me the question, What is it that you do? Hell, I don't know. I guess I do it all ... ... I'm a caretaker. My calendar is full of appointments that don't belong to me. I've visited doctor's offices of which I can't even pronounce the practices. I've learned how to read …
Live or die
I absolutely hate taking medicine. Especially this HIV shit. They told me at the beginning that I would have to take medicine everyday. But damn y'all ... I really gotta take medicine everyday. 😩 It's like this anchor that reminds me daily of my positive HIV status. Sometimes, I like to pretend that it is …
ESC
This one time, I thought I was going to die. No exaggeration. I thought I was out of here. And I wasn't the one trying to do it this time. Instead, it was at the hands of this dude. Just this random that I had met in a random way. Check it ... I met …
I failed
You remember when we were in school and the teacher would let us grade our own work? It was so much trust. So much responsibility. Like how tempting is it to try and sneak the correct answer in the spot where you had put the wrong one? How easy is it to change a "T" …
