Reject Guilt And Shame. Normalize Life.
2018, Communication, Courage, Friendship, Identity, Life, Love, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-worth
So when people came to our home to drink and eat and be merry, but didn’t share the love I didn’t understand. What does it mean to share the love? Some might view this response as petty or punitive, but I’m just here to share my truth. If my truth doesn’t resonate with you—you might just be the kind of person who doesn’t share the love.
2018, Children, Communication, Courage, Friendship, Identity, Life, Love, Parenting, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Help
It's unfortunate, but some folks love to downplay the role of mothers. …Maybe that’s not fair. Some folks do not understand the intricacies of motherhood. How it stretches from the time we know our babies exist in our bellies until we leave this earth. The trips to the grocery store, the homework we don’t understand, emails to teachers, doctors visits, meltdowns and the thinking about how to make it all fit together so that joy can abound. Mothers, and those who truly love them, know I could go on and on. So, don’t allow your work as a mother to be minimized and stop overcompensating to get recognized.
2018, Communication, Courage, Fear, Friendship, Identity, Life, Love, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Help, Self-worth
Since emotionally bankrupt people will never stop making withdrawals-- You need to close their account. Walk away. You don’t owe them. Even financial institutions limit the number of times an account can be overdrawn. Banks lend with the absolute expectation that what they lend is coming back. In fact, they require an additional fee in the event you don’t return what you took. And after all that, if you still refuse to make good on the obligation, what does the bank do? THEY CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT.
2018, Abuse, Communication, Courage, Fear, Friendship, Identity, Life, Love, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Help, Self-Care, Spread love, Support Others, Workplace, Race, Discrimination
Today I am writing to reach the sensibilities and cognitive capabilities of good White folks. The power to change the status quo lies primarily with you. You need to say something... At your dinner tables, at your school board meetings, at the deli counter. You know racists. Your neighbors, family and friends express racially charged sentiments that apologetically end with, “you know what I mean.” Or “I don’t mean it like that. You know I’m not racist.” You must call them out.
Communication, 2018, Identity, Life, Love, Mental health, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Help
2018, Life, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-Care, Self-Help, social media, Communication
In today’s world folks are very easily agitated. In an age of text based relationships and catching up only through picture walks and casual stalking on social media; it is easy to see how folks can become disconnected. We all need to do a better job of communicating and connecting with the folks we care about. Isn’t that right?