The thing I am most scared to do is to talk to my 85 year old aunt. During our conversations she talks about sexual abuse that occurred more than 50 years ago in our family as if it is consensual. I find this sodisturbing that I don’t call her for fear of being triggered and […]

The thing I complain about most is not being understood and folks making assumptions about me rather than asking me directly. Don’t put this baby in a box.

My favorite sport to play is basketball to watch, football. Wait is table tennis a sport? I like to watch and play!

First I would express gratitude and I would tell no one and save, spend, and share in that order.

Read, laugh, listen to music, hang with my granddaughter, and write.

Akilah, feminine name, Arabic means “intelligent” or “wise”. That’s my government first name. I changed it from my birth name of Elizabeth. I picked it from a book of African names more than 30 years ago.