Brianna, Author at Thoughts on the Red Eye

Author seated in a hospital gown, blue surgery cap, face scrunched up in a silly way.

January 10, 2025 4 Comments

Laparoscopic Bilateral Salpingectomy For One

Growing up, I assumed one day I would be a parent. Another milestone on the road of life. I enjoy children. Tiny, adorably chunky...

Capitalized text "Inhale Exhale Repeat" in multicolor on a light peach back ground. Text is from a card created by Betsy Benn

MUSINGS

January 3, 2025 Post a Comment

Start with a Deep Breath

I try to be positive; I tend to expect the worst. It’s a coping mechanism, anticipate the bad and I’ll be less disappointed. I...

Angela Bassett walking away from a burning car in the 1995 film "Waiting to Exhale"

GROWTH

December 27, 2024 2 Comments

Releasing the Shame of Emotional Abuse

What is the cost of healing? Potential embarrassment? Resurfacing shame? It can’t be higher than that of self-betrayal. I bring a torch to a...

My 2025 vision board with "Under Construction" over it in an orange bubble like font with a yellow outline. There are also two construction signs depicting a worker shoveling.

GROWTH Uncategorized

December 20, 2024 Post a Comment

2025: A New Vision

2024 winds down and 2025 looms before us. We can imagine what the year is likely to bring but most of it is outside...

Hanging, painted mistletoe sprig with a red bow and text that reads "Meet me under the mistletoe" in black script

MUSINGS

December 13, 2024 Post a Comment

For the Love of Christmas

I have surrendered to rosy cheeked holiday love. That is the kind on the small screen. Romantic comedies set during the Christmas season are...

Books on a multicolor wood floor, clockwise: Steal Like an Artist, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Thicker Than Water, Yellowface, Hood Feminism, I Finally Bought Some Jordans, Our Women on the Ground, The War of Art.

HOBBIES

December 6, 2024 Post a Comment

2024: The Year in Books

Reading is FUNdamental. It is informative, feeds imagination, sparks curiosity, transports to different worlds and realities, teaches how to think, and provides a retreat....

Ororo Monroe a.k.a. Storm, Omega level mutant, flying over water blowing up on both sides conjuring purple lightening in her hands.

GROWTH

November 29, 2024 1 Comment

Ego Tripping in Year 34

Another B(ri)’Day loading, 34 in five days. Last year I realized the year I am turning is the year I’m currently in. This is...

Film poster for the "Martha" documentary on Netflix. Younger Martha Stewart seated in a chair holding a wine glass.

MUSINGS

November 22, 2024 Post a Comment

‘Martha’: Cheers to “Difficult” Women

While watching Martha (2024), the latest Martha Stewart documentary, I chuckled at a familiar type of woman people shake their fists at. There is a silly...