A Letter to My Daughter: Dear Baby Girl, It’s Okay to Feel Scared Right Now
My 9-year-old daughter is questioning a lot of what is going on in our world right now. I explain to her the importance of Black Lives Matter and answer…
Category: Parent
My first time using a food pantry—One moms story
This past holiday season was the first after my mid-spring divorce, and also the first time my children and I ate from a food pantry said Cynthia—the woman who wishes…
What to expect when you’re expecting… the worst
Being asked to be the guest to Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address (SOTU) by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, a representative from my home state of Michigan, is like being…
We cannot tolerate innocent children dying on our watch. No matter where they are born
I recently heard U.S. Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on local News12 reference the inhuman treatment of undocumented immigrants being detained in our overcrowded border patrol facilities. Every time I hear…
But fandom aside, I am a black mother first, last and always and this is racial injustice at its best.
Before I get into this two minute jail sentence for actress Felicity Huffman’s role in the college admissions scandal, let me start by saying that I am a mom. I…
Want to win in 2020? Focus on child care!
The evidence is clear: the lack of affordable and accessible child care is drowning America’s working families. A 2018 poll by the Center for American Progress and Community Change found…