Sponges

Apr 1

Let The Un-Wringing Begin

Happy April!

The month of my upcoming keynote cabaret is here!!!!

I wrote this show in honor of this face.

This picture was taken shortly after I arrived in America from Jamaica and entered the public high school system with mismatched hand-me-down clothes, angry acne, and a thick Jamaican accent.

The bullying was vicious.

I remember the dread of walking down hallways while constantly looking over my shoulder, ducking into empty classrooms, or hiding in my guidance counselor’s office.

But there was no place to hide at home.

That was a season of feeling unloved, unimportant, unheard, and unwanted—all the “uns!”

I still find healing in sitting with her and imagining that face looking up at me. Those young, impressionable eyes looking to me for answers. I whisper the kind words she needed to hear back then and imagine holding her the way she yearned to be held.

As children, we were walking sponges, soaking up words that hurt, behaviors that scarred, and messages that chipped away at our self-worth.

We stepped into adulthood saturated with beliefs and behaviors that aren’t even our own.

This is one of the key themes I’ll be exploring during my keynote cabaret on April 24. I will also be performing my single “Little Me,” which I wrote and recorded last year as a love letter to that young face. Little Me

If I can inspire just one person in the audience to stop living their one and only life—shrinking, limited, and diminished according to a script someone else wrote for them—then it will be worth it.

Come prepared to be empowered with the tools to boldly and unapologetically rewrite, recreate, and curate a life exactly as you wish it to be, free from the lingering chatter and weight of others’ behaviors, opinions, and expectations.

On Friday, April 24, at 7:00 PM at the Cutting Room (doors open at 6:00), I invite you to join me for an evening of reflection and storytelling as we celebrate and honor our precious younger selves.