Empowering each other
So today is the day for a heart to heart. I think persons may read my posts and think I am just writing off the top of my head. They may think I am writing things that I do not experience myself but, I am true to whatever I write. They are my personal beliefs, …
Today I decided to address the concept of beauty and the role it played in the grander scheme of my life. I took a hard look at myself, trying to discern what I appreciated about my physique—my face and body. To also identify what triggered a sense of self-consciousness, of what I had a difficult …
No matter where you are from your dreams are valid is the powerful way that Lupita Nyong’o ended her speech when she won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 12 years a slave. As I reflect on those words I think she was referring mostly to her geographical location; (she was born in Mexico …