long overdue.

this post is dedicated to the version of myself that i was when i last posted to the blog (about a year ago)

now that that’s out of the way…

i relocated to Houston, TX in January 2021—on a whim (and about three weeks before that wild ass storm that swept through parts of Texas). i often tell people the pandemic was more empowering for me than anything. i’d been back in the DC area for about seven years when the pandemic hit. some years prior to then, i often considered relocating except i wasn’t sure exactly where to go. i relocated to Georgia in 2012 and left after three months of trying to force myself to like it there. i returned home, regrouped, and really honed in on and got serious about my career. this type of intention truly reinforced a level of stability that i had yet to experience; a level of stability i honestly feared. my perception had always been that stability was akin to complacency. thanks to maturity, i realized this is far from true.

but the pandemic? the pandemic really forced me (and probably a lot of us) to contemplate my current reality. around this same time, i was exposed to “scripting my life” and spent so much time writing what i desired to experience (by God’s will, of course). i decided that it was time to take another leap into uncharted territory and relocate.

people often ask me why i chose Houston. simply put: i was energetically drawn to Houston. some years ago, my then boyfriend and i were considering relocating to Houston, but i was on the fence and had never visited. i made the mistake of relocating to Georgia without visiting first, so i knew i’d never do that again. i also had so many things going well for myself in DC, and i honestly just wasn’t ready. by 2020, i was already starting to feel as if i’d outgrown being back home, but the pandemic was truly the kick in the ass i’d been needing—a gentle push from forces beyond me, if you will.

a year and a half later, i can say that I am meant to be here. so many great things have happened (and continue to happen) for me. from divine opportunities to the people i have either become reacquainted with or met, Houston is good to me.

by the time i relocated, i was well into my career as a government consultant. complacency was beginning to feel stifling, and i knew within myself that a change of pace was necessary. in hindsight, my willingness to follow that inner knowing has produced so many blessings. i am truly grateful. the biggest blessing has been allowing myself the space to grow into the woman i always knew i had it in me to be—the woman God has called me to be. i am not perfect and i still have room to improve with certain things. but, this version of me was long overdue. the self-love and self-awareness i have cultivated was long overdue.

i thank God almost daily for the many ways in which He continues to bless me. i love witnessing just how good my life can get it, and i fully surrender to how it continues to unfold by divine right—not only for my highest good, but the highest good of the collective.

to this new version of me: i’m so pleased to meet you. we have surely come this far by faith.