I’ve thought a lot about this. I have thought about the fact that we were all children, when we were forced to lay in a bed beside each other. I think about the fact that some of you chose to rape me, while others simply laid there wanting […]
For many Black women, life is about getting up every day, taking care of children and partners and family members, going to work and taking care of employees or coworkers, going home and making dinner and taking care of family again, then going to bed to wake up […]
When I see this image, I think about the post I wrote called “One Day I am Going To Be The Mother of Daughters And Sons Who Believe They Can Do Anything, Be Anyone.“ I wrote this post on inauguration day, specifically because as I sat and watched […]
Several years ago, I went to one of my neighbors apartments and asked if I could join them for New Years Eve, because I was alone and I didn’t really feel like being alone. We had a full blown conversation about how I should switch from drinking to […]
Trigger warning, this is going to be some tough realities about suicide, so prepare yourselves. Tonight I was playing my favorite soon to be deleted Facebook game on Facebook, and I heard this thought, “I have nothing left to live for.” Here’s the thing, this wasn’t my thought, […]
