Just Your Average Black Woman Going Through Life
Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven’t got around to visiting. Bloganuary Daily Prompt I live in a city known to most as NYC. Now, New York City has many tourist attractions. For the many of us who live here we walk by many of these places everyday without thought….
We have been in this new century for 24 years now and I still have difficulty understanding where the years have gone. In 2000, as that year was approaching many of us thought the world was going to end or transform in a negative way. As the ball was dropping, I had my large…
The movie ‘Origin’ directed by Ava Duvernay was just fully released in theaters. The film is based on the book ‘Caste’ by Isabel Wilkerson relating to stories of race, love, and loss. I have yet to see the movie, but the promotion has been increasing in recent days. While hearing interviews, I was shocked…
Each year there is at least one of us with a fitness goal on our list for the year. We all know how important it is to stay active and to stay healthy. The weather is now colder in most places in the U.S. During this time, we are indoors cooking and watching the…
On Monday night, the Emmy Awards took place. There was a diverse group of people nominated in many different categories and it was beautiful to see. But, the cast reunions and sets of shows was my favorite part. Some of the shows displayed were “Martin” (My biased favorite of the night), “Ally McBeal”, “All…
I have a dream, that we all will love one another… This is a song I remember singing in the 1st grade with my class on stage. Here in the U.S., we observe the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr on his actual birthdate this year. In a country with a dark history…
The border between the United States (U.S.) and Mexico have been an ongoing issue for years. This has affected all the states along that border. In the last 2 years, the issue has crossed over into New York City (NYC) following political moves. Many others and I know the struggles in other countries and…
The singer and actress Halle Bailey has revealed to the world that she did indeed birth a child, a baby boy name Halo. In the last half of 2023 there was speculation online, but she neither confirmed nor denied her pregnancy. As people, we have a right to sensor what we disclose to others….
As women, the responsibilities we have in this world can weigh on us. Our society tells us in the workforce, we are inferior to men. That being happily single is impossible. How long we have for maternity leave. Says it is wrong to want to be child free. And that our body size/skin type…
In recent years in my healthcare duties, I worked with younger patients with serious conditions. I had a patient with a stroke in their early 20’s. A person who at 20 was catatonic and required a peg tube. And a person in their late 40’s who went to urgent care with chest pains and…