Black Motherhood

She has an early Christmas gift On Saturday Night Live (SNL), Keke Palmer announced in dramatic fashion that she will be a mother in 2023. I am so happy for her and her boyfriend. It is such a wonderful gift to celebrate in the New Year. …

“Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful” — Sophia Loren I’ve never repeatedly said the words “I want to feel beautiful again” as much as I have this year — and the year isn’t over yet, so there’ll be a few more times…

“When those fair suns shall set, as set they must, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust; This lock the Muse shall consecrate to fame, And ‘midst the stars inscribe Belinda’s name!” (Pope; C5, 147–150) Dedicating their public careers to private matters, Alexander Pope and Gwendolyn Brooks are…

Is Anxiety Running You? Your mind is doing it. Fire that sucker. As I sat on the park bench and watched a little drama of a wasp and spider unfold, I reflected on how we humans use our minds. Our programmed reactions to many things are as elementary as the…

To me, celebrating Black motherhood is acknowledging the past, parenting in the present, and creating opportunities for future generations to flourish. — By: Nicki Reid, Bilingual BA Originally published here: Mommy Monitor’s Blog Before having children, when I was working in the corporate world, everyday I would make a list of my tasks and check them off as they were completed to help myself stay on track. I felt accomplished as I…

I WAS IN HELL AND DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT! I was too tired to know it! I was working 16-hour days with my eyes firmly on the carrot dangling from the stick being held by the Sales Managers at the Securities Firm I was an IAR for. It’s 2004. I…