I’ve been writing since I was a kid — long before I understood that not everyone feels pulled toward blank pages the way I did. By high school, I was writing for the school newspaper, learning voice, deadlines, and the strange thrill of seeing your words land in print.After graduation, I wanted to go straight to film school and study screenwriting. My parents wanted me to have rent money and health insurance. Translation: they weren’t signing up to support me through the starving‑artist years that would almost definitely follow.
Pick a career, they said.
Write as a hobby.
So I launched a career as a paralegal — and I never looked back.
But I never stopped writing either. I wrote sporadically, took classes when I could, joined writing groups that fizzled out, babbled my way through drafts. Friends and family kept telling me to stick with it — funny how everyone becomes supportive once you can pay your own bills.
Motherhood, advocacy, advanced education, and a demanding career pulled my life in a different direction. But The Tayshia Vibe was always there, hovering in the background. I’ve paid for this site since 2017… with nothing on it.
Until now.
Now is the time.
Now I’m committed to the craft.
This space is honest, a little chaotic, sometimes funny, sometimes tender — always real. It’s where I get to show up as the person I’ve been becoming all along, and maybe connect with others who feel that same tug toward truth, reflection, and the messy work of being human.
If you’re here, thank you.
Let’s see where this goes ✌🏽