Lloyd's Anything Blog

Originally posted on love in a tiny room: I am in a love affair with Hafiz. His poems tickle my throat and turn the corners of my lips up. His words dance with my fingers as if I wrote them myself. I sit in the streets with the homeless If my alarm sings at 6:45 then I am out of…

Originally posted on Love, InshAllah: I am madly in love with a good man. Next week, I am going to marry another. I have cried more tears this year than I have cried in my entire life. I have been brought so low that I cannot see a way out. I no longer trust my own judgment, my own thoughts,…

Originally posted on CWC – Berkeley Marketing: Guest Post by Brooke Warner As part of a writing group or club, you’re already self-selected as a writer who cares about their craft. You’ve probably taken courses to help improve your writing. You certainly read more than the average person. And it’s probable that you hold out the dream of publishing on…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: The self-esteem boosting, follow your dreams and be happy all the time parenting method that many white parents in America practice. The practice known as tiger parenting as seen in Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and/or Anchee Min’s The Cooked Seed—both memoirs. Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor of…

Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: The Associated Press reports, “Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to a new Pentagon report. The report says that of the 1.4 million active duty personnel, 6.1…