Growing up in the 70s and 80s, I had no idea at the time how “different” my family was; in my mind we were just a normal family. Of course being Black and working class, what exactly does it even mean to be normal? My Mom spent most of my childhood being a housewife (I …
Blogging and maintaining an active social media presence while working in a professional capacity that is not related to the social media world is a delicate dance and one that frankly I am not always sure that I do well. In the non-profit world that I inhabit, appearances matter as funders and donors want to …
Back when I started this blog in 2008 I never really expected it to grow; after all I was just another blogger yapping about my life. Yet this space has grown and has even become a part of my professional life, which means I rarely write with the type of abandonment that was once a …