Today when I was looking for something to wear, through my mountains of clothes piles (and having these mountains are not really a norm for me—Thank you Rona), I decided on this Nike outfit.
The first thing I wanted to do was to slap the ‘Just Do It’ Nike slogan and it’s mama right smack dab in the face! I was like, “No Mr. JDI Slogan—YOU just do it!”
Read More“I am perplexed and vexed
By your Body Mass Index
Which doesn’t measure
Discrimination
Nor my intersections of stress”
Read More“God woke me up
With a symphony of nature
A choir of birds flew into my dreams…”
I usually wake up once or twice in the night but last night I slept all night long. Safe and sound, like a baby resting on her parent’s chest. So grateful for this contrast to my previous anxiety-filled weeks.
Slowly waking up, the birds sounded distant. They were resting on the trees right next to the balcony.
They began to sing loud. Louder. And louder still. As if God, their conductor, guided them into a crescendo.
I listened as my body and senses began to wake up. Basking in their harmonious sounds. Very near to where I lay, they continued to sing while the sky was too dark to capture their image.
Read MoreAs a black woman of faith, I personally haven’t heard of enough talks about suicide prevention. Not in the church. Not amongst friends. Not in enough work-related trainings... some but not enough.
Yet I am in one of the most marginalized groups, having brown/black skin.
Add to that, being a woman.
Add to that, being a woman of faith, mostly dominated by men.
Add to that, being fat, for most of my life in a culture OBSESSED with diets, weight loss and being thin.
Add to that being a mother/grandmother of black and brown sons/daughters.
Everyday, I am exhausted.
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