Grounded


Creative writings, musings, Essays, Poems, Blog posts, Short stories, & Other things



  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

    I Made It to 42. That sentence alone deserves a standing ovation, a moment of stillness and all of the accolades and bougie snacks. Not because I thought I wouldn’t make it—but because there were seasons when I didn’t want to. Moments when the weight of disappointment, grief, fear, and survival felt louder than joy.…

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  • Rest Easy Grandpa

    Rest Easy Grandpa

    My grandpa died on May 18th, 2025.  He was 99 years old.  He would have turned 100 on August 31.  My grandpa died and I don’t know how I Feel.  Well…no…it’s more like I feel so many things.  I feel so angry that I didn’t come out here when I first had the inkling.  I…

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  • Where the Storms Find Me Let’s talk about how everywhere I want to be, there is a storm. I wanted to be in Payson, sitting quietly at the lake. Rain. Not necessarily a storm, but cloudy and rainy nonetheless. I headed up to Sedona-beautiful, sacred, healing Sedona-and was greeted by a windstorm. Not necessarily a…

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  • From Confusion to Clarity: Mastering Your Brand Niche

    From Confusion to Clarity: Mastering Your Brand Niche Let’s be real: I thought I knew my niche. Turns out I only knew the version I was projecting — not the one that would actually make me money. This post reveals exactly how I used AI. My own damn brilliance contributed to completely transforming my brand…

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  • Vallon*

    Vallon*

    Chapter 1 She still wasn’t sure why the hell she was still following this trail. She laughed knowing that wasn’t 100% truth.  Truth is…..ever since she saw it thru the trees she hasn’t been able to think of much else.  She’d tried everything she could think of and nothing worked.    The curiosity was slowly driving…

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  • Leave Me Alone

    Leave Me Alone

    I be at the crib big chilling on my on. Mostly killing time by doom scrolling on my phone. People call, people text, i decline like im not home. Switch my phone to d and d. All yall leave me alone. Replenishing my energy. Recharging all my batteries. The social butterfly aura I exude Dont…

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  • Whispered Names*

    Whispered Names*

    She had always had a special love affair with words.  She learned to read before she could walk, she was the only kid in all of her classes who read at least one book a week.  She loved words with equal passion and vigor as she loved people.  People fascinated her.  Her favorite past time…

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  • My name is Romneka and this is the story of my career

    Hi.  My name is Romneka Guion and this is the story of my career. I graduated HS in 2001,  Top 30 of my class out of 300.  I got accepted in a full academic scholarship program to Norfolk State University where I majored in Computer Science and Minored in Applied Mathematics until 2004 when I…

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