Our Legacies Are Eternal.

The world has been shook and silenced this week with the devastating news of the deaths of Kobe Bryant, Gigi Bryant, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli and their daughter Alyssa, Sarah Chester, and her daughter Payton Chester, Christina Mauser, and pilot Ara Zobayan. Grief is so painful and the only thing that eases the pain is the legacy that they leave behind. Our lives are not meaningless so let us give our all while we are and leave something behind besides our physical bodies.

Jaquia AbreuJanuary 29, 2020kobe bryant, gigi bryant, gullythoughts, inspirational blog, encouraging poetry, grief, grief sucks, grief hurts, grieving, hope

Unorthodox Words Sneak Peek.

As promised, here is one of the poems from my poetry book Unorthodox Words. In honor of Black History Month, I wanted to share this piece first.

Jaquia AbreuFebruary 13, 2019black history month, mental health awareness, depression books, poetry books about depression, encouraging poetry, black female poet, black poetry, unorthdox wordsComment

What Is Tomorrow?

We are all so focused on the future or the past. We are either procrastinating or allowing our anxious thoughts to drive us nuts. What if we stayed in the present moment?