Elevating Black Women on this MLK Day

This MLK Day, I want to hype black women. Yesterday a dear friend poured out a bit of her heart concerning the recent resignation of Claudine Gay and on the heels of that, Antoinette “Bonnie” Candia-Bailey taking her own life. These, she shared with us, are just two of the many black women struggling in…

Books of 2021, Books for 2022

I used to do a list of my top books every year, but haven't done one in a while. When a friend asked earlier today what recommendations I had, I figured I'd give it a shot. Here are 15 books I read in 2021 that I would highly recommend. The are not in any particular…

Thinking About Today

I’m writing a novel this month. Most of my spare moments are spent writing. The goal is 40k words over the course of the month. It’s a little thing called NaNoWriMo, there is a community of us online writing novels this month. Google it if you care to know more. This is my third go…

Public School Curriculum Panel

I've been dabbling in YouTube political discussions lately. It's been a healthier way for me to have conversations and debate than how I was previously doing things (ie on Facebook). I got involved a few months back with a new channel called Politically Provoked, but have only done two videos with them thus far- one…

Citizen Ben

My husband Ben took an important step this week: tackling the citizenship test. As someone who loves his country of birth and his culture, I can imagine it wasn't an easy decision to become a citizen, but in the end, since this has been his home from the age of eight, it made sense. Basically…