Hi Readers, on Wednesday, I was featured on The Body Narratives, talking about my discomfort with people inquiring if I’ll be pregnant again soon. Check out my piece and leave your thoughts! From the moment I knew I was pregnant, motherhood became a juggling act for me. I balanced my wonder at the changes inContinue reading “Please Don’t Ask Me About My Next Pregnancy”
Author Archives: d. tafakari
Love Song to Black Men
I am in love. I’ve known it since I was a teenager, looking with young brown eyes at his chocolate skin and easy smile. He called me shorty, and it was all over. I lived for his hugs, his daps, and my heart strings were tied to the soles of his feet. That love startedContinue reading “Love Song to Black Men”
No Tears: Taking Care of Baby’s Hair (Without Tearing Yours Out)
I’m excited to announce that the lovely folks at MyBlackTresses.com have given me some room to write at length about my other obsession: black hair! My first article is for the mamas of wiggly little beans who have a head full of gorgeous hair and zero patience for combs. Whether your baby is a boy orContinue reading “No Tears: Taking Care of Baby’s Hair (Without Tearing Yours Out)”
Wifey: Working Stripper Poles Before Supper Time
My eyes rounded as the woman in front of me gripped the pole and spread her legs toward Heaven. God works in mysterious ways; this was the only explanation I had for what I was witnessing. Kirk Franklin’s Gospel song about redemption, “Imagine Me,” played in the background, an odd choice for a pole dance. HerContinue reading “Wifey: Working Stripper Poles Before Supper Time”
Goodbye Grandma, Gently into that Good Night
My grandma died this morning. She was the best square dancing, salmon croquette making, 7UP cake baking, silver Afroed beauty I ever knew. She lived a life that taught me to create adventure rather than waiting to happen upon it. Lennye was the flyest older woman I ever met, face beat to the gods onContinue reading “Goodbye Grandma, Gently into that Good Night”
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