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Book Review: Impending Consent by KC Mills
"I'm always going to show up and I'm always going to choose you." - Rival
Monica Odom
3 days ago2 min read


Book Review: Informed Consent by KC Mills
"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."
Monica Odom
5 days ago3 min read


Book Review: Implied Consent by KC Mills
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?!?!
Monica Odom
Feb 163 min read


Book Review: Rome by Grey Huffington
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
Monica Odom
Feb 103 min read


Book Review: Summer's Echo by Robbi Renee
"Love, when it's real, has a way of finding you no matter how far or fast you run."
Monica Odom
Feb 72 min read


Non-Linear Timeline
Some days are going to throw you off your game, and that's ok.
Monica Odom
Feb 42 min read


Book Review: Dreu by Masterpiece
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
Monica Odom
Feb 12 min read


Hmmm...In My Feelings?
A mini brain dump if you will...
Monica Odom
Jan 292 min read


Book Review: In Him I Trust by NAKO Robinson
A boxer learns where to put his trust after life shifts in a way he never could have expected.
Monica Odom
Jan 272 min read


Book Review: Bleu by Masterpiece
Every woman deserves a Bleu.
Monica Odom
Jan 202 min read


Charting A New Course
Change can be scary, and it's ok to admit that while still moving forward
Monica Odom
Jan 152 min read


Book Review: Only If It's You by T'Lyn
When they find themselves in a legal situation that could work out in both their favor, why not?
Monica Odom
Jan 133 min read


So what's the plan?
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
Monica Odom
Jan 81 min read


Book Review: In His Corner by Alexandra Warren
A review of In His Corner by Alexandra Warren
Monica Odom
Jan 62 min read


2024...where did you go, Mon?
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...
Monica Odom
Jan 6, 20253 min read


Drums Please....
Summer, summer, summer time! We are almost one month into summer break over here. As a child, I hated summer break. Mostly because I...
Monica Odom
Jul 1, 20242 min read


Unemployed
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...
Monica Odom
Jan 2, 20243 min read


Angered Gratitude
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...
Monica Odom
Sep 14, 20231 min read


Parenthood...the toughest hood
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...
Monica Odom
Jan 4, 20232 min read


2022 Reflections
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...
Monica Odom
Dec 31, 20222 min read


Book Review: Impending Consent by KC Mills
"I'm always going to show up and I'm always going to choose you." - Rival
Monica Odom
3 days ago2 min read


Let Them Talk…
Pray for those who seek to harm you…I have to smirk at the thought of that because why would I pray for someone who clearly wants to be my enemy. Everybody that wants to hurt you won’t try to do it physically. There are those who intend to hurt you by attempting to tarnish your character or speak ill on your name. They are just as dangerous as those who attempt to physically harm you. But this morning’s devotion reminded me that you have to keep your eyes set and centered on

MichelleRena
4 days ago2 min read


Book Review: Informed Consent by KC Mills
"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."
Monica Odom
5 days ago3 min read


Sneaky little bum foot...
Remember, when I was working out every single day! Listen, the way I have had to cut back on regular life things simply because I couldn't walk...like for real walk...has been the absolute worst. I pushed through for most of 2025 and it wasn't until I dropped a dumbbell on my foot in late September and there was no more pushing it until later. So I had a keratoma removed from my foot today after nearly a year of hobbling around and walking like Viola Davis in Fences… I tried

MichelleRena
Feb 182 min read
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