Faith without works is dead!!!! Well my friend @donniehue has put the work in and it’s a blessing to see his faith meet reality‼️‼️‼️ He wrote a movie y’all, he stared in it, he produced it and he’s the F’n bomb in it!!! #rouxbluesthefilm • S/o to my Bros being apart of the process @whenbriansmiles (Actor) @byronentertainu (Host/Commentator) • We’re here @ibencarlton @pushingopportunity in support and to cheer you on… this is just the beginning!!! • #TellYourOwnStory #gay #gaymen #gaypride #GayPrideMonth #BlackBoyJoy #YoungGiftedAndBlack #HealthIsWealth #KnowYourStatus #SeeTheFilm (at Inglewood, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfSl9D9L2AL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hey everyone! The blogs are being written, vlogs being filmed and content is being created. Here is my Instagram link, as this is where I'm most active. First blog to follow shortly :) and remember, it's time to tell your own story.. 🏰

Miles was miles ahead of em’ all!

ARTIST QUOTE 1 Sat, January 23, 2021 "Tell your own story, and you will be interesting." - Louise Bourgeois ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #louisebourgeois #louisebourgeoisquote #louisebourgeoisquotes #art #artquote #artquotes #quotesaboutart #tellyourstory #tellyourownstory #interesting #learnsomethingneweveryday #becomempowered #bempowering #quotescreatorapp @quotescreatorapp https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZcFxIHuJ_/?igshid=vyxfejgvruf2

Black is King with the Queen @ladeechills #LoveMeSomeBkackArt #TellYourOwnStory #BuyBlackAll2020 If the Wiz was done in 2020...#Tips🎩 to the Carters https://www.instagram.com/p/CDVShRpphpImXa8QnKG7eJziN_saBoF1fdPw_U0/?igshid=ldzu56vri4e1

Might as well...🎥✊🏽 #tellyourownstory #mrandmrsalvarez2019 (at Rancho Palos Verdes, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/By_MH0oA8OEk2ckGriRRImwR6gvPWlsozwDzVk0/?igshid=1ioqz6kmdfhv6

When I interview a fascinating person who's willing to share such real parts of their life story, they tend to stick with me -- both the person and the stories. A few weeks ago I interviewed Harsha, a graduate student from the U.K. who was visiting Jonesborough. And her and her story have certainly stuck around. After our interview, I was wrestling with what words to use and story structure and all those usual things that come along when I'm writing a feature, but what drove me the most was trying to illustrate her story correctly. Not in the sense of accuracy (but that too of course), but in making sure that what should be center stage in her story took the front seat. She told me she feels as if she's constantly fighting the story of “blind girl overcomes barriers”. And most importantly, she told me she's learning how to tell her own story rather than accept the one that is projected onto her. I learned that is another crucial part of what make stories so important. They are important to share, but they are just as important, if not more so, to understand your own and attempt to understand someone else’s. I learned people are still kind and accepting and treat you like family even when they've never met you and you show up in their tiny town of Jonesborough from the U.K. looking to try your first Moonpie. But I also learned that sometimes fascination should outweigh your fears. I hope to be as determined as Harsha. I hope to consider my own story in the way she has. And I hope to be as brave and fascinating as this girl with so much more to her story. (link to the article on Harsha in my bio for anyone interested in reading up on my talk with my new English friend). #storiesmatter #journalism #tellyourownstory (at The Corner Cup) https://www.instagram.com/p/By3rd2FHKj_/?igshid=jz6nc6pflhmd

@Regrann from @melvinjacksonjr - Here is some raw unedited footage from my Christian based film about the entertainment industry I wrote, am producing and directing entitled "The Price of Fame" that's in production. Part1 # This is a scene with Kristen Hurt @kristen.hurt Music producers and singers David Jenkins @mrhlmg , Damar Beckett @superproducerdb and myself trying to find a hit for my new artist. I play a manager and producer by the name of Terrence Washington. @_thehitlist A big thank you to my Director of photography @rockythecomic My others producers on this project are Derrick Jackson @iamderrickjackson , Jason McCollough , Spencer Collins @iamspencercollins, David Jenkins and Damar Beckett # #melvinjacksonjr #tellyourownstory #urbanvisionent #producer #writer #director #thepriceoffame - #regrann

You have to figure out your own way to deal with this diagnosis. You learn about yourself, what you are made of. This can be extraordinary and you want to share this, help others who go through the same thing. That's why I can't stop appreciating people who have been supporting me from day one upto now and they are still supporting me always even those one who are always mentoring, encouraging and challenging me because that makes me always strong person. Let's keep smiling to each other and give the hope that will push them to next level of life always because a lot of people are going through difficulties in life but don't forget appreciating God, Motherland and the Nature for the gift of life. #Share #Like #Donate https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-okurut-george-and-family #smile #laugh #share #children #tellyourownstories #inspire #motivate #walk #healthyfood #healthyliving #homepractice #yourself #beyourself #believeinyourself #BeInspiration #yogateacher #communutyyoga #yogaforstrength #slumlife #slumyoga #traveler #okurutgeorge #uganda🇺🇬 (at Kampala, Uganda) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNt51AprXQ7/?igshid=iktghjetd7q4

What good news!!!! I don’t take it for granted that I live in #littlehaiti in #Brooklyn and I’m from Little Haiti in #Miami What a full circle. What a great day for #Haitians Thank you to our city officials. #Repost @littlehaitibk with @get_repost ・・・ The @nyccouncil voted overwhelmingly in favor of co-naming two miles of Rogers Avenue in #Brooklyn after #Haitian revolutionary leader, #JeanJacquesDessalines. Join us on August 18th, just two days shy of his 260th birthday, for the grand unveiling in #LittleHaiti at the intersection of Rogers and Newkirk avenues. Thank you @jumaane.williams, @cmlauriecumbo, @cmmathieueugene, @coreyjohnsonnyc, #InezBarron and #BarryGrodenchik. . . #zoomin #lunionfaitlaforce #TeamHaiti #proudtobeHaitian #freedom #independence #tellyourownstory #slaveliberator #foundingfathers #betherevolution #Haitianrevolution #jointhemovement #Flatbush #teamwork #thisisonlythebeginning (at East Flatbush, Brooklyn) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmT_A-pDcwf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hq3tg8sjr1fk

#KnowThySelf #ChildrenOfTheSun #GreatnessIsYourBirthRight #KinglyCharacter #SelfWorth #PlantingSeeds #ConsciousHub #RaisingAwareness #PanAfrikanInitiative #InityMongstIandI #UnitedAfrika #TellYourOwnStory #Militancy #Ministry #NewRegime #NewGovernment #Negus #Negritude #DistantRelatives #Diaspora #Anointed #AncestralWarriorSpirit #Alkebulan #OneLoveKrew #ThePride #Afrikanpride

I remember first meeting Marc in 2008, as soon as he walked out of his mothers door I was like YEAH…. Im TOTALLY sleeping with this guy… that was a no brainer. For the next few years we went back and forth being the convenient thing for each other in the in-between spaces and sometimes overlapping the others. 

During that time I had the luxury of getting to know him without all the extras and confines of a relationship, I witnessed him with his mom and sister and Grandma I saw his kindness and care for them, I saw his vulnerability when in their presence. 

You could see his entire face soften in their presence, his smile was wide and full and for brief moments it was as if all of his grief was erased by his love for them… it was in a moment that his mom was in the kitchen in her home in Jonesboro she was doing dishes and he walked up behind her and sniffed her just a sweet little gesture but a primal one I myself use.

I smell my kids, my mom smelled me its the primal way of knowing whose ours and who we belong to and its scents that will stay forever in your mind… in that moment I believe I fell in love. The moment was so tender and raw and I saw him… it would still be many years before I was willing to admit that even to myself…. 

I tell this story because I remember when we had our daughter Erin and how he would hold her and stare all the time and just inhale her, he would do the same to me and I just knew he loved me so, I also remember when he stopped… It was the very thing that indicated we were having a problem, that he was not here for me, that we were now merely going through the motions… I remember having our son and the few times he showed him the same affection as our daughter and during the pregnancy there it was again the primal need to inhale me, to fill his senses with me completely… and remember when it stopped again… 

By that time i didn’t care, I was tired, I no longer desired it, I felt like I was begging to be loved and said fuck it i don’t need it… the funny thing is sometimes you don’t know what you need until you don’t have it…

Last night I was on the couch surfing Facebook and he comes up on the side of me from behind and i anticipated a kiss but it was a whole face sniff and in that moment I realized that the man I fell in love with, is now the man I am married to and every single moment that led us to here, every single mishap, blessing, curse, person and situation was worth it and was apart of the journey to lead us both to the ultimate truth that the two of us have fought, denied or simply was to hardheaded to admit… we are created for each other.

it docent mean it will be easy, but it also docent need to be so hard. Love always wins if you allow it to, love truly has no conditions it is the purest most potent aspect in life, forgiveness runs a very close second and commitment seals it all… 

so in the infamous words of Salt and Peppa… Heres to the future because we got through the past!

onwards and upwards to greater healing, greater love, greater understanding.

affectionately yours,

Mrs Stephens

Hiking is a healthy and fun family activity.  Here we are at Ivy Creek in Charlottesville on random day in May.  5-19-19

#Repost @elom20ce with @get_repost ・・・ 🌼 Il était une fois à Bamako, sous un fromager, 1 Tortue, 1 Queen @natalia_sylla_ , 2 Princes et Eye & High. La suite next month. Pic by @sethphotographe #LeVideDansant #Tortue #Indigo #Smile #LesFourmisNeFontPasDeBruit #TellYourOwnStory #Creer #Vivre #Realness #MoreThanArt

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Props. 🎥✊🏽 #tellyourownstories (at Fort McPherson) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3i9E1EAMh4a-ZufVNSigRsRT_SwsIxc2u2BdI0/?igshid=j8dmimtes5mu