Author Archives: sheswrite

A Girls Getaway: Finding Sanity And Fun On Our Vacation in Bermuda

Posted on by October 15, 2011

Pink sands. Turquoise water. Baby blue skies. It’s Bermuda, and man is it perfect.

Bermuda HotelAbout a year ago, eight girlfriends began planning this vacation. An escape to paradise with college roommates, sorority sisters and 7th grade pals. We chose Bermuda because it was a place that none of us had visited and as a getaway, it was perfection.

Bermuda is about 640 miles east of North Carolina, or basically a 2 hours flight for much of the East Coast.

 

The Hotel

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One Year Later: My First Marathon

Posted on by October 10, 2011

*I wrote this Oct. 22, 2006

When I crossed the starting line, I was terrified and wondered “What in the hell am I doing?” It was very cold with wind chills in the mid-to upper- 30s and a little drizzle here and there on the course.

But the only chills I got was from hearing the crowds cheer, especially because I shamelessly had my name plastered in big yellow letters across the front of my black shirt. (A friend of mine gave me … Read more ...

… I Think I Want To Run A Marathon

Posted on by October 10, 2011

*I wrote this on Oct. 15, 2005.

Are you there God? It’s me… Melanie… and I think I want to run a marathon.

Yes, a marathon. A 26.2-mile, life-changing journey. The grueling feat that has claimed lives, millions of hamstrings and probably billions of toe nails. I don’t know why, I just have a yearning to do it. Well, to try to do it. I’ve been running off and on for two years. Usually just one or two three-mile runs a month. Then in … Read more ...

Back on The Huffington Post Talking About Being Black

Posted on by October 7, 2011

I find it intriguing that I’m blogging for The Huffington Post’s BlackVoices section. Largely because I don’t see myself as someone who talks a lot about race.

When they asked if I wanted to write for them, I was like really? Me? Though I do talk frankly about my life, which obviously would include events and thoughts shaped by the color of my skin. Nevertheless, I find The Huffington Post experience quite fascinating. My first post about my on-again-off-again relationship with white people garnered a … Read more ...