Loving Life Daily

Feb 3 2014

White Pastor, Mixed Church, Malcom, Martin, & Mixed Results

I‘m almost certain that when my grandparents went looking for a church home in the late 1950s - it wasn’t a complicated process. They probably visited a couple of churches that were walking distance or a short drive away. I’m…Read more

Jan 14 2014

Rusty Barbell/Loss/Passing/Fight& Endurance

Sometimes when you run into old acquaintances after a long absence; their appearance tells the story before their words do. Today I ran into Steven. A twentysometing year-old cat I used to share small talk with at the gym. He…Read more

Dec 31 2013

New Creativity, New Venture, New Road-

New creativity, new venture, new road.

Looking back; I remember being 12 years-old writing poems in the back of math notebooks, 14 years -old using a GE Boombox, a Radio Shack mixer, and a cheap turntable to record my on…Read more

Nov 8 2013

Our Anniversary, Your Birthday, and My Rant.

Ok wifey, we are here again. Your birthday and our anniversary and I'm left stitching words together hoping they make sense. Hoping that they can somehow justify how I feel. So instead of writing a poem, letter, or something fancy.…Read more

Nov 7 2013

Bullying, Being Broken, Makes Me Want to Holler

By now the bullying situation between Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito of the Miami Dolphins has sparked an endless amount of conversations and debates. But the very first time I heard the story, I thought of a book…

Oct 15 2013

Domestic Violence in Review and Perspective

If you know me or have read any of my earlier blog posts than you already know domestic violence has affected my life. I lost both parents to a domestic violence situation that has never been officially comprehended. But this…Read more

Oct 9 2013

Goal Setting, October, and Keep Going

It’s October! The month of “Indian Summer,” burnt orange leaves, apple cider, hay rides, pumpkins, costumes, haunted houses, and candy corn. It’s also the 10th month of the year; which means you have 3 months to complete your 2013 goals. …Read more

Aug 27 2013

Why African-Americans Should Care about The War Against GMO Food

I’m going to keep this simple and short.
The problem: GMO Foods

What are GMO Foods: foods produced from genetically modified organisms. They have had specific changes introduced into their DNA via chemical, radiation, and mutation engineering…

Aug 14 2013

Rejection, Book Deals, Photography, and Dreams Deferred

On August 15,2008; I saw the email pop up in my inbox, closed my eyes, said a little prayer, then clicked the open button and it went all downhill from there.

“Dear Kahn,

After all this time,…

Aug 13 2013

Rental Houses, Comforts, Vices, & Letting go to Pursue

Back in 2005 my wife and I decided to jump into the wonderful and stressful world of owning rental property. Our first property: a 2-family flat with no work needed and already occupied with tenants seemed like a decent/conservative…Read more

Aug 2 2013

Piano Lessons, Jealously, and Fighting For Your Goals

I remember sitting in front of my mother’s maroon piano. Seconds seem like hours and hours seem like days. “Practice,” yelled my grandmother from the other room. Thus, I commenced to play Schubert, Chopin and Mozart. Wishing I was outside…

Jul 23 2013

Love Letter to Black Women about Health and Obesity

Over the past few weeks I’ve come across various statistical reports which say that half of African American women in this country are obese (49.5 percent to be exact), diabetic, or both. Initially ladies; I discounted… Read more