Just Your Average Black Woman Going Through Life
The day is here, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone here in the U.S. We all have different ways in which we celebrate the holiday, but the ultimate purpose is to have… FAMILY TIME As in a previous post, family can be those from the same genetic line or they can be friends, so as…
When the COVID-19 pandemic first took place, I think people were forced to sit down and reflect on life because we did not know what was to come tomorrow. Here in New York City, you had people banging pots and pans at 7pm each night to show love to healthcare workers and other essential…
When I was in college, I was involved in my school’s Women’s Center and during this time we had a contract with a local Domestic and Sexual Violence organization. From this collaboration, I learned so much about this ongoing issue and its prevalence amongst young people even on college campuses. For the years I…
When you are a child starting school, you begin to meet other kids, making friends. During this time everyone is your friend, and the little fights are usually related to toys. As you continue to grow older in grade, middle, and high school, you meet friends but then there comes a point of teasing and…
What comes to mind when you hear the word sisterhood? In Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary it is defined as “a state of being a sister; a community or society of sisters; or the solidarity of women based on shared conditions, experiences, and concerns.” If you look at the last definition of shared conditions and experiences, then you…
As a kid, little boys almost always have their mother spoiling them and little girls have their father wrapped around their fingers, but of course the love from both parents is unmatched and in the end both boys and girls deserve love from their Father’s. One of the definitions of “Father” is a man who…
It is May and Mother’s Day is coming. I don’t have children, but I have a mother, grandmothers (both in heaven), sisters, aunts, cousins, friends, etc. and all of them are great women with different personalities whether they have given birth to children or not. Being a mother is not just about having children…
In a relationship whether intimate or friendly when we get mad with one another, we often say things we don’t truly mean, but in the moment, we want to project a similar hurt onto the other person. It becomes a battle that if one doesn’t become the bigger person in the war, it’s hard to…
In the past generations of women and dating, the goal was working towards marriage. You meet a cute guy at school, locally within your town, or sometimes through a set up and then you got married and started a family. Now here we are in 2023 and rules have changed; for woman dating is…