A trip with the fellas...
Just over a year ago, I was feeling my best - happy, healthy, and whole. I felt so good that if I had sat in front of Iyanla Vanzant herself, I'm pretty sure she would have hugged me tight and praised me for a job well done.
Side Note: Lately, I've been recognizing how big words of affirmation mean to me and it's really been hitting me in the feels. I'll have to tell y’all about what this guy said to me the other day - it had me stuck for about 15 minutes! 🥵
…but anyway, during that season of my life, I realized that I wanted to be more social and make new friends.
Whew. A task!
I wanted friends who looked like me, laughed like me, cried like me, and loved like me. But I knew that if I wanted to make that happen, I had to take action.
Over the past year, I've created some events that hosted space for folks like me and had great conversations about ways to make us all closer. Its actually been so much so that I’ve started to make new friends…look at me!
Recently, I decided to bring a few of us together for a weekend. Some of us knew each other, and some didn't, so it was a perfect mix of old and new faces, different perspectives, and lived experiences.
We got the chance to relax, feel safe and welcomed, and hopefully leave with new connections of brotherhood. Grateful for this group of guys and hoping we each keep pushing to make more room for others to feel just as loved!
Lots of fun. Lots of laughs. Lots of stories.
This is a reminder that we can have what we seek…we just have to figure it out along the way.
