Don't Gloat in the Glory
How do you not feel flawed? How do you not feel inadequate? How do you explain that being loved isn't enough?
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B.Reel
Sep 14, 20235 min read
Counterfeit H*3
I looked casually at the clock as I realized that he was supposed to be picking his woman up from work at 4:30. She worked a good forty...
B.Reel
Sep 9, 20233 min read
Crushing on KC
February 1994. Valentine's Day was approaching and my kindergarten teacher had just announced that we would be having a Valentine's Day...
B.Reel
Aug 25, 20233 min read
To the Naw Naw Naw
I closed every tab on my laptop that reflected her man's vision and responded to my man's text message.
B.Reel
Aug 16, 20234 min read
Trying to get THERE
The closer I moved into the room, I could hear a confrontational tone that was not hidden well by the sound of running water.
B.Reel
Jul 12, 20233 min read
Silver and Gold
It started early. The subtle chipping away at my larger than life personality. My grandma always reminded me of this time when my dad was...
B.Reel
Mar 1, 20232 min read
Scattered Friends
In three months I will be thirty-five years old. THIRTY-FIVE. That seems so hard to believe since most days I still feel like an...
B.Reel
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Two Sides of Love
I took communion today. It’s something I’ve been doing more and more often. Taking communion daily reminds me how much I’m loved. Today...
B.Reel
Jan 12, 20235 min read
Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days
I stood there in the bathroom where I grew up. It was single handedly the most familiar place in my life. It was the mirror that I had...
Brittney LaShal Reel
Nov 28, 20221 min read
I Get It NOW
Even as she stands face to face with everything she's prayed for, she can't help but notice the demons that sneak from the crevices of...
Brittney LaShal Reel
Nov 28, 20222 min read
I Used to Love HIm
The clock was showing me near midnight when I left my prayer closet. This night was a little different because as I prayed, I received so...
Brittney LaShal Reel
Nov 28, 20222 min read
Checkpoints of Pain
New City. New State. New Church. New Restaurants. New Stores. Same Plaguing Thoughts. What will happen next? What will destroy my faith...
B.Reel
Jun 9, 20224 min read
I Don't Need THAT
"Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So he asked him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man...
B.Reel
Dec 21, 20214 min read
Brown Sweater Brittney: Emotional Cutting
Christmas 2017. I am not a detective. I am not a detective. I am not a detective. I am not a detective. She continued this confession...
B.Reel
Sep 25, 20215 min read
Brown Sweater Brittney: QUICK
One day in 2010 around 11:47pm. "Can you talk?" "Not right now. I been texting you all day and you didn't respond. I'm home now in the...
B.Reel
Sep 19, 20214 min read
Brown Sweater Brittney: VIRGINITY
December 2005. It was Winter Break from high school, just a few days after Christmas and a few days before the New Year. BSB and her best...
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