This blog post is part two of a three part series entitled: What No One Told Me About Marriage. As I reflect on conversations with a sweet friend who is also married, I realize so many of our conversations begin or end with “But no one told me_____!”. This series is a small–but mighty–look into… Read More What No One Told Me About Marriage Part 2: Navigating Competing Priorities

I was the first one out of my tribe to get married so for a while, I didn’t have a married friend that I could confide in until I met my sister friend, Ciara. Ciara was a co-worker turned friend who has been married longer than me and we have seen each other through some… Read More What No One Told Me About Marriage Part 1: Navigating Your Past

Recently, I wrote a post entitled What I Miss About Being Single in which I encouraged women who aren’t in relationships, but one day would like to be, to take advantage of 3 key things while they are still single. After releasing that post a few folks asked, “Well, Nicole, how did you know Shamar was the… Read More 5 Ways I Knew He Was My Person

I was never someone who dreamed of being married as a little girl. I never held weddings for my barbies. I never thought of what my wedding would look like. And you had to be real special for me to practice a fake signature with my first name and your last. I always knew I’d… Read More What I Miss About Being Single

One of my colleagues recently had a nervous breakdown. I found her in her classroom trying to pull herself together enough to get out of our school building so that she could go home. Once she had found some semblance of composure, I asked her what was going on and offered to walk with her… Read More How Hiding My Breakdown Made Others Ashamed