I am...Monica Odom!

"Our commitments to those we love sometimes cloud our ability to truly exist. It's so easy to fade into the shadows trying to be what others need us to be."

Skylar is his plus one to a wedding, and his ex, Shelby, is in the wedding party. Sir...why didn't you tell her this?!?!

Available via KindleUnlimited, Physical book, and Audible Before we get started, I just want to say that this is the 5th book in the Grey List. Grey Huffington is an author that I found last year, and she has an extensive catalog. There are at least 10 people in this book that have their own books. The Grey List is about the Childers clan: Chemistry, Rather, Rugger, Roulette, Roaman, Range, Royce and Rome. Children of Richie and Rhea Childers. Chemistry has four brothers

"Love, when it's real, has a way of finding you no matter how far or fast you run."

Some days are going to throw you off your game, and that's ok.

Dreu is little brother to Bleu. The rebel. The wild card. And he messed up with the love of his life, Pancakes. We meet Dreu in Bleu, and he talks about Pancakes a little bit there, so go read that first. Dreu is no longer a struggling rapper. He's Big D. A superstar. Making money, boo. And still pining away for Jatavia. Meanwhile Jatavia, or Pancakes, is trying to keep her head above water with her raggedy ass mama's boy dude Devin. (Devin ain't that dude!) Like how you

A mini brain dump if you will...

A boxer learns where to put his trust after life shifts in a way he never could have expected.

Every woman deserves a Bleu.

Change can be scary, and it's ok to admit that while still moving forward

When they find themselves in a legal situation that could work out in both their favor, why not?

Towards the end of 2025, I had a flood of ideas for how I want to move forward in my life. Some ideas were organically my own, while others sprouted from seeds planted by my soul family. As you know I'm a military spouse and with that comes a set of challenges not typical for most households. The constant moving requires you to reinvent yourself every 3 years or so. The job ends, the physical village disappears, and you are left standing in the aftermath looking like somebody

A review of In His Corner by Alexandra Warren

I went a lot of places. If you follow me on IG or FB, you know I went to Greece, Turkey, London, and Paris. But for most of 2024, I went...

Summer, summer, summer time! We are almost one month into summer break over here. As a child, I hated summer break. Mostly because I...

Hey Yall! I know. It's been too damn long. But if I'm being honest, since my last post, I haven't been in a space to write publicly.  I...

This post has been sitting since August. I couldn't finish it because well, my emotions wouldn't let me. Sacred Rage Pissed off joy My...

Yall...tomorrow I will have been a mother by birth for 13 years! (I've been a mother by love for about 20.) Nothing in life could have...

Hey, fam!!! It's been too damn long. Yeah, I know. I'm the one that controls that. I've been in Germany for almost 5 months, and let's...

It’s that time of year again. You know where we like to pretend everything is ok until New Year's Day when we go back to our true nature....

Purpose. It comes up a lot. What's my purpose? Why am I here? A lot of times, purpose is portrayed as this grand, visible thing that puts...

What happens if I just let go Surrendering to God's plan for my life Instead of kicking and thrashing against each wave That comes to...

What would happen if I chose to fly Would I be scared as the ground got farther and farther away Or would I feel free Light as a feather...

Hey, ya'll, hey! Yes, I'm still here in this space. Even though I haven't been writing, there has been plenty on my heart to say. I...

Yeah, it's still happening. If you have never moved, consider yourself lucky. If you have moved, and it was to somewhere with a...

...and I'll cry if I want to. Weird way to start your birthday, right? Well, that's exactly how today started. The past few weeks have...

Did you know it's ok to mourn the loss of something as you anticipate what is yet to come? A lot of time we don't allow ourselves or...

Man it feels like it's been forever!!! I missed this space but also know that it's ok to take a breather from time to time. Especially...

...at all costs. At the end of our IG lives, Michelle always reminds us to protect our peace. But what does that look like? When your...

As yall should know by now, I'm a military spouse. With that comes a slew of new ships. Friendships. Acquaintance-ships. Emergency...

I have 5 more days left in Misawa, Japan, and a recurring theme is "I wish we had more time." It's a typically refrain when it's time to...

Ok, I know I can serious over here, because life is fucking serious, but can I get real with you today? I'm tired. I am talking dog ass...

Like many of you, when I arrived into this existence, I was given a preprogrammed compass. It didn't point to my true north. It pointed...

This was one of those weeks where I wasn't sure what I was going to write about. Ideas would come and go, but nothing stuck out. It...

About a week ago, I started reading Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones also know as Luvvie on Social Media. (Look her up....

So if you follow me on my FB or IG accounts, then you know this week was hectic. If you don't, first of all Second, we are a military...

I think I'm a good friend, and I'd like to think that my friends and associates feel the same way, unless yall lying... For the past few...

That's all I'm heard this morning. It's too fucking much. Literally screamed this in my car during my lunch break. That was after...

I've been chatty as of late. LOL Yall know how Michelle and I chop it up on our IG lives, right? So I'm sure you can imagine how the...

We often pray for protection from the dangers seen and unseen. But what if the danger is us? Sometimes we unknowingly, and knowingly,...

As a child I was afraid of the dark. So much so that I would let my little sister sleep with me so 'she' wasn't scared. Honestly, I still...

Came to me in meditation today. Last year Michelle and I talked about "doing it afraid"; "it" being anything and everything because...

My intentions were from a place of love because I could see all that you could become. I knew it sounded hyper critical but because I...

This phrase has taken up residence in my head over the past few weeks. It's a process. But what's a process, Mon? Hell, everything. ...

As most of you know, I'm home for a family emergency. Continued prayers and positive thoughts requested and all those that have been sent...

Such a small phrase, but over the two weeks the weight of it really hit home. My dad had a heart attack 2 weeks ago. Because of COVID, I...

As we wrap up love month, I'm still in 'What does it all mean?', or 'it's this all there is?', or a 'make it make sense.' kinda space....

These posts are heavy, but very necessary. I didn't expect it to shift this way but I've been in a very introspective space so it doesn't...

I think the scariest thing I've ever done is love myself. Why do I say that? As a recovering people-pleaser, I often looked at putting...

I don't like Dr. Pepper, but it fits. *Oprah shrug* The world can be cruel, so why do we feel the need to add to it? From comments we...