“Black Is King,” A Gift From the Queen
Beautiful, Brilliant, Bold, Blessed Black Girls, Our sister Beyoncè has done it again. She has written us, all of our people, a beautiful love letter…
Homecoming Manifestation Monday
To witness a microcosm of all that we are in a Black Excellence overload all weekend was healing in itself. I'm so proud to know, truly know the power we possess to manifest any and everything we desire in our lives. Black Girls and women are every wonderful thing! I love you all and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
Imperfect 10: Baby Let’s Cruise
I had a vision. I wanted to bring ten married couples who have been married for a decade or more together on a retreat to intentionally focus on our relationships. The purpose was for each couple to leave the retreat stronger in their marriages and with the knowledge that they now have a support circle specifically for the health of their marriage.
BGS Healing Retreat 2019
I did a thing. I committed to doing many things this year, but one of the most important and scariest of those things was to launch and host my first Black Girl Speaks Healing Retreat. All of us get whispers…
An Ode to Ruby and Every Other Husband Trainer
https://soundcloud.com/user-104246940/an-ode-to-ruby-and-every-other-husband-trainer Press play to the recording above as you read along with the poem below the article. An Ode to Ruby and Every Other Husband Trainer If you watch the new romantic dramedy, "Love Is...," on the OWN Network, then…
Love &/or Marriage: Becoming One and Other “B” Words Part I
Year 1: Becoming One As we sat shoulder to shoulder, I squeezed my groom's thigh until it broke skin while listening to the toast of my father at our wedding reception. There we were adorned in all of our ceremonial regalia,…
Finding Hope After Hell: Transformation of a Broken Marriage
Pitcher 11: Hope I met my husband when I was fifteen. I loved him before I loved myself, as if that's even possible. We were married at nineteen against my mother's wishes. But, "when a baby is growing in your…
The Freedom of Forgiveness
Pitcher 9: Forgiveness I was evolving from a girl into a woman. Part of my womanhood journey and evolution occurred during one of the most painful periods of my life. My mentor guided me through a critical womanhood process in 2013. …
Daddy’s Girls: How Infidelity Affects Daughters
*Strong language and content. For big Black Girls only. Pitcher 7: Accountability You find the black tube inside her beauty case where she keeps your father's old prison letters. You desperately want to look like her. You look nothing like…
You Mad? Say You Mad!
Pitcher 3- Anger I was nineteen and in love. When you're nineteen, it's so easy to fall in love. The right mix of insecurity hidden by fake smiles and cute clothes can attract every mischievous male in heat and deter…
