Black people have long respected the sacred spaces of beauty salons and barber shops as locations of empowerment and freedom. We don’t go just to get our hair “did”; we go to get our life right and to testify when it, like our hair, is perfectly laid. We trust our beautician to talk us offContinue reading “My Secret Reason for Avoiding Beauty Salons”
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Cheap Coffee and Busted Microwaves: Gratitude & Layoffs
Since the government announced back in 2007 what the entire country already knew—the United States had hit a recession—people have felt the economic pinch in different ways. Most sobering are the ghost desks in offices where laid-off employees and friends used to sit. However, I found that the most familiar sign of the recession isContinue reading “Cheap Coffee and Busted Microwaves: Gratitude & Layoffs”
5 Reasons Financial Independence is Overrated
Ten years ago, when I teetered on the precipice of my college graduation, all I could dream about was financial independence. I was more frugal than footloose-and-fancy-free and had spent all four years of undergrad in my parents’ house. That’s right. All. Four. Years. Being underneath their thumb certainly kept me out of trouble. ButContinue reading “5 Reasons Financial Independence is Overrated”
Midwives Help Push Away Postpartum Depression
Today, I am guest blogging at Homebirth Cesarean International! When the threads of my birth plan unraveled and left me on a hospital bed with a stitched-up belly, I didn’t know how to sew my feelings back together. It was as if all the preparation I had made for a happy delivery vanished. And whileContinue reading “Midwives Help Push Away Postpartum Depression”
Birthday Confetti: what 30+ looks like
Today is my birthday! I am officially over 30 and taking the day off to do things I love and indulge in some sappy self-reflection. I was having a conversation about my life with my twenty-something and post-twenties selves. Here is what the debate produced. this is what 30+ looks like. 30+ is not selfish,Continue reading “Birthday Confetti: what 30+ looks like”
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