Family

The pain of Black motherhood was just captured in a series of poignant interviews I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss. There days when raising Black children and daughters in 2020 doesn’t feel any safer than it did in 1960. When the police shootings of unarmed Black people come …

It took me weeks to figure out what to say about the policing crisis in our country and the public protests. While these events were evolving by the moment, especially here in Atlanta, we also had the responsibility of knowing that as African-Americans, we were at even higher risk for …

{I originally wrote this post in 2014. Then after the summer of 2016, I reshared it. Here we are in 2020 and very little has changed.} Every time A.J. and I are out shopping, playing at the park, visiting an attraction around Atlanta or even going to church – someone …

Mother’s Day started as usual. My husband and son woke me in the morning with kisses, hugs and “Happy Mother’s Day” greetings. My husband had already planned my breakfast in bed. He went grocery shopping the day before. All I needed to say were the magical words, “I’m ready for …