Just Your Average Black Woman Going Through Life
Happy Valentine’s Day! A day to celebrate love. This can be love for yourselves, your family, your significant other, and your friends. Or just love for the world. The connections we have with others is very important to the continuity of the human race. But without love for yourself, this can be hard. Today,…
Love is a beautiful thing. We are often born into love, but it transforms as we go through life and get older. There is often love within a family, love with friends, and love within a romantic relationship among other things. In romantic relationships, you may fall deeply in love and be secure in…
I ask the question, if you were to desperately need help, who could you call? Is it your spouse, a parent, or a best friend if you have options? Think about it, who would be the first person? Each day we are given an opportunity to live and do for ourselves without worry,…
Today is Friday, October 18th, 2024. Today would have been my grandmother’s birthday. She passed away at the top of last year after a few years of dealing with dementia. We had five generations of us with her around and now we are down to four. I grew up with her in my household….
The 2024 Paris Olympics have officially come to an end. I watched a few of the games in the last few weeks. There was one thing I enjoyed most about them. It was the unity between the women’s team members. In the 4x400m relay race, Team USA easily captured a gold medal, and it…
What “you never know,” is what someone may be dealing with. What they are going through can be something you could have never imagined. Many times, we go about life dealing with our own personal challenges. It’s important to make sure we are humble as we navigate this world. It’s important to check up…
There’s nothing like the power of a conversation with another person. With our society being consumed by technology, sometimes this falls to the side. So, on this Monday, if you could speak to someone you don’t know while out in the world, try it. For myself, living in a big city can be tricky…
We have all seen the video surfacing of the Domestic Violence situation between Diddy and Cassie. The video itself was horrible to watch, but unfortunately, it’s far more common than many think. In October, I wrote an article ‘When A House is not a Home,’ to bring awareness during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic…
Here we are again May! A month to celebrate so many things, but the only one to specifically celebrate all mother’s. There would be no world for us without our mothers. The course of one’s life may stray away from the one who gave birth to them, but they delivered us because they wanted…
In recent times there have been many cases involving public figures in relation to assault or abuse. Having public opinion in these major cases can be very difficult for the parties involved. When it appears that both sides have credible stories, who do you believe? Do you look at gender, race, or class? Or…