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Authors, Black Authors, Books, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda_ Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Diversity, Homeschool, Reading ListJuly 22, 2020188Views 0Likes 0Comments

I was stressed about homeschooling a high schooler. I watched one too many youtube videos and read one too many books. I had new stressors and a new vocabulary --- core classes, credits, electives, and transcripts. I was pushed over the edge when the typical 9th-grade reading list lacked diversity. I was overwhelmed. …

Power

Children, Healing, Life, Marriage, Mindful Living,, Mindfulness, Moments, Motherhood, Sisterhood, Small wondersJuly 17, 2020282Views 0Likes 1Comment

I was sitting outside, editing, when Zuri opened the door with a petrified look on her face. “Mommy, Zahara burned herself.” I dropped my computer on the chair and ran behind my daughter into the kitchen. The stove was still on and a funky-looking funnel cake was burning in the pot. An orange…

THE OTHER LANGUAGE

Black Mothers, Family, Mindfulness, Moments, Small wondersJuly 5, 2020179Views 0Likes 0Comments

The quaking — the deep, piercing, pushing into my back told my body it was time. It was time for the being in my belly to come into this world of dark and light. I printed the letters of my name on the registration form … and the contractions stopped the ink from flowing. I…

Cairn

Black Lives, Black Struggles, friendship, Life, Moments, Race, Small wonders, Stories, White PrivilegeJuly 4, 2020209Views 0Likes 0Comments

We drove ten hours to visit friends in the mountains. The first night, within the first three hours, the subject of white privilege created rapids between us. Our opposing stance ripped us apart -- rocks, cliffs, and rough waters divided us. We were far apart -- on the cliffs, falling, hitting our heads against rocks…

I’ve been dancing

Black Lives, Black Struggles, Mindfulness, Nature, Places, Simple Living, Small wonders, WritingJuly 1, 2020205Views 0Likes 2Comments

I received an email from a friend recently, and the subject line came in a form of question. Where are you? She noticed I have been MIA. I haven’t posted on Instagram, or Facebook. I haven’t returned text, phone calls, or emails and I haven’t written or sent out my weekly blog post. I responded.…

Nectar

Garden, Life, Mindfulness, Moments, Stories, WomenMay 22, 2020236Views 0Likes 1Comment

I was sitting outside when the hummingbird fluttered past the purple petunias Nancy gifted me. I shifted in my new blue chair to see the hummingbird better, but it flew away. It returned a few minutes later to drink nectar from the red kalanchoes, Joy dug up from her garden and gave me two years…