I am softness I am feeling the duality-- warmth on one side, cold on the other I would rather be over there I am part of the rotation, interchangeable I am weighed down by the parts that others shed I dream of being clean and pure again I want to be wanted for my comfort… Continue reading Softness
Trauma. This word is buzzing around my head after I finished Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson. So many iterations and layers of trauma. So many ways it can show up in the body of a black girl and a black woman. The trauma of a best friend who disappeared. Of lost children. Of… Continue reading Somebody sing a Black girl’s song
Today is my birthday! And somehow in the whirlwind that has been the last few weeks, my blog has also had a birthday. Lately I have been reflecting on my intentions with this blog and the direction I want to go in the future. I am so proud of the progress I have made with… Continue reading Happy Birthday
I have just finished Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb and I blubbered like a baby as it was finishing. Not because it was particularly sad, but because it struck a chord with me during the 5th anniversary of my grandmother passing. Bess writes about her grandmother, but in a way… Continue reading Stories Nobody Will Tell
When the humans left, I could breathe a little easier The Sun shown a little brighter The morning air a little crisper The spring rains a little purer When the humans left I could stretch my limbs higher I didn't mind my middle growing rounder I love my mane growing fuller I can feel my… Continue reading The Day the Humans Left
I’ve read Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks and I decided to write something about relationships (again). It’s literally my job to talk about healthy relationships, so I had to! Let me paint a picture for you: A man seems like he has the American Dream. He’s got a beautiful wife and daughter. They are… Continue reading Two by Two
I’m feeling heavy y’all, like I don’t know what to do. I know this blog is primarily about books and writing, but I would be remised if I didn’t share what has been on my heart lately. I am grateful at the attempt to shed light on what the media refuses to cover: how the… Continue reading Heavy
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore was a cute light read—one of those beach reads you read in a matter of a few hours. There’s a place for these kinds of books too. Oona spent her adult life out of order, as the title suggests. Every year at midnight on her birthday, which happens… Continue reading Do you have a soul?
I have been dying to tell you I’m sorry I’m sorry for the coulda beens and shoulda beens The missed opportunities I’m sorry for the fear that kept me Keeps me From authentically being myself around you I’m sorry I kept you in this box Of what everyone else thinks of you I’m sorry I… Continue reading I have been dying to tell you
A trend on #bookstagram has been to post of stack of books white people should read in order to become better allies for racial justice and ending white supremacy. I participated with my own list based on what books I own, but there are so many books out there I want to share. I wanted… Continue reading A very short list of books white people should read
