Crushing on KC
February 1994. Valentine's Day was approaching and my kindergarten teacher had just announced that we would be having a Valentine's Day...
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B.Reel
- Aug 25
- 3 min
To the Naw Naw Naw
I closed every tab on my laptop that reflected her man's vision and responded to my man's text message.
B.Reel
- Aug 16
- 4 min
Trying to get THERE
The closer I moved into the room, I could hear a confrontational tone that was not hidden well by the sound of running water.
B.Reel
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Silver and Gold
It started early. The subtle chipping away at my larger than life personality. My grandma always reminded me of this time when my dad was...
B.Reel
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Scattered Friends
In three months I will be thirty-five years old. THIRTY-FIVE. That seems so hard to believe since most days I still feel like an...
B.Reel
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Two Sides of Love
I took communion today. It’s something I’ve been doing more and more often. Taking communion daily reminds me how much I’m loved. Today...
B.Reel
- Jan 12
- 5 min
Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days
I stood there in the bathroom where I grew up. It was single handedly the most familiar place in my life. It was the mirror that I had...
Brittney LaShal Reel
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
I Get It NOW
Even as she stands face to face with everything she's prayed for, she can't help but notice the demons that sneak from the crevices of...
Brittney LaShal Reel
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
I Used to Love HIm
The clock was showing me near midnight when I left my prayer closet. This night was a little different because as I prayed, I received so...
Brittney LaShal Reel
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
Checkpoints of Pain
New City. New State. New Church. New Restaurants. New Stores. Same Plaguing Thoughts. What will happen next? What will destroy my faith...
B.Reel
- Jun 9, 2022
- 4 min
I Don't Need THAT
"Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So he asked him, “Do you want to be well?” The sick man...
B.Reel
- Dec 21, 2021
- 4 min
Brown Sweater Brittney: Emotional Cutting
Christmas 2017. I am not a detective. I am not a detective. I am not a detective. I am not a detective. She continued this confession...
B.Reel
- Sep 25, 2021
- 5 min
Brown Sweater Brittney: QUICK
One day in 2010 around 11:47pm. "Can you talk?" "Not right now. I been texting you all day and you didn't respond. I'm home now in the...
B.Reel
- Sep 19, 2021
- 4 min
Brown Sweater Brittney: VIRGINITY
December 2005. It was Winter Break from high school, just a few days after Christmas and a few days before the New Year. BSB and her best...
B.Reel
- Sep 18, 2021
- 3 min
Brown Sweater Brittney : Introduction
2004. Boot cut denim pants with faded brown streaks. Caramel leather boots. Brown turtleneck sweater as thick as your grandmother's old...
B.Reel
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
White Dress
Walking into a fairly new space that I was beginning to call home, I had the feeling. That feeling. And as pretty as I was that night in...
B.Reel
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
I Almost Forgot
I remember praying for what I now have. Certainty that no matter what, someone would not just love me, but would also allow me to rest my...
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