But what I do owe myself, is to keep my self-care, healing and spirituality at the forefront of my life and mind, so that’s what this post is about. I could not care less about quoting the loud cult idiots out there, bringing up statistics, etc High profile people, low […]
The Winning Spirit of Being a Black Girl
I vent a lot because I’m hardwired to hate all injustices, however, I love being born a Black girl. I would not change being a super Black girl for all the money in the world. I would change the world though.Being hated and ignored by a globally anti-Black world, in […]
The Spirit of Surya Bonaly’s Smile at Me
That night Surya Bonaly smiled & waved at my sisters and me, the memory & Spirit remains to this day! We were the only Black people in a crowd standing & waiting to get autographs of all the skaters. Their schedule was tight, time was running out, so she had […]
My Cinderella Story
From 13 year-old me having that magical feeling after meeting an amazing boy at a party who treated me like a princess (heck goddess lol), to 26 year-old me having that magical feeling after meeting my husband in 2003 and having a Princess themed wedding in 2004 ——- Black girls […]
“The Little Mermaid” Movie Night in the Park
My daughter and I got to enjoy not just Halle Bailey’s The Little Mermaid Movie Night in the Park, but it was a park by the Bay! How fitting. The movie started at sunset, but we were there much earlier than sunset. This gave us time to enjoy some wonderful […]
I Choose to Leave Bears Out of the Nonsense
There’s no way that race should be left out of that silly scenario floating around. For women at the top of the predatory, I mean social power structure, their fear is not warranted enough for discussion nor is their fear systemic. Anyone can come across a terrible person. That’s a […]
Raven the Rose Queen: Girl in Red Dress with Red Roses
Imagine a book, or short story about Raven the Rose Queen. Imagine, an animation, TV Show, or movie. TV shows/movies are not necessarily healthy at all for developing and empowering young Black minds. In fact that they do the opposite, unless you have very solid parents influence.But this is where […]
Dear Black Children and Teens: Words Worth a Lifetime
-A collection of special messages to young Black people, from Black people. -Powerful Words Build Empowered Black Children 📝COMMENTS📝 In order to have your comment approved, just remember the foundation of Dear Black Children is to: Educate Enrich Empower Comment as many times as you like. 📝OUR HISTORY! ALL ABOUT […]
Unveiling Hidden Figures by Empowering Middle School Minds
Originally written on Facebook, April 15, 2017, back when I had my African-Centered Education Program. Since then, I realize that the movie has a white savior narrative and does other things to help whites feel comfortable and like they just needed to be “nice” and that was enough to not […]