Earlier in the week, while teaching my daughter a history lesson and simultaneously mentally reviewing the day’s unfinished task list, my patience and tolerance began to grow thin. In the midst of my explanations of the connections between the influence…
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,…
"Happily ever after" is a myth. I mean what happened to Cinderella after that Prince found her shoe and took her to the castle. We ain’t heard from her since. Why? 'Cause in fairytales the story ends after the Prince…
Pitcher 12: Redemption “With every tear, came redemption and my torturers became my remedy. So we're gonna heal. We're gonna start again.” Redemption. I’m familiar with it’s song. For the past five years, redemption has been a word that I…
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…
Resurrection of a Dead Marriage- Healing After Infidelity Pitcher 10: Resurrection I’m a failure…I’m a disappointment…I can’t do anything right…I will never be forgiven…I can’t face my family…they will only see my mistakes… These were just a few of the…
Pitcher 4- Apathy *Strong language and content. For big Black Girls only. When the "baddest bitch in the game" calls the baddest of all time on the tennis court to stop, drop, and twerk in a music video about giving…
