And the courage–however it came to you. For freeing me from a bondage I didn’t have sense enough to run away from. For the opportunity to start over And another chance to find the real thing For a peace I didn’t realize I needed…even though it took a while For a clarity I could’ve never gained in the midst of… Read more →
Instagram update: IG is moving an algorithm formula to determine what appears on users’ timelines rather than continuing to use a chronological order formula. Translation: It means your Instagram timeline is going to work like your Facebook timeline and just because a person posts something doesn’t mean their followers will see it…and that is BAD for business. Let me… Read more →
Remember when crochet braid were turrrrrrble? Like when they were actual tiny braids, curled in spirals and we (Yes, “we!”) were walking around with big gappy parts, all the knots in the world and scraggly hair looking like last minute casting extras on the set of Moesha? The 90’s were a rough era for us magical black girls. Fortunately… Read more →
Period. For too long stylists, mothers, aunties, and grandmothers have justified unhealthy stress on our scalps due to the fact that some women are “tender headed.” Many of us recall the horror of “wash day” among our childhood memories: combing, brushing, pressing, (burning–you know I’m not lying), head scabs from Just for Me no-lye relaxers, tight braids, “ballies” popping against… Read more →
We, black women, love our hair. The story behind why is long and beautifully liberating. I’ll tell you the short version. Allow me a soap box: First of all, let’s acknowledge that in a very broad and overgeneralized way hair is universally important to all women across race, culture, regions, religions, and time. Whether it’s curly, straight, covered, bejeweled, or… Read more →
I swear these never get old to me! Jai and I love are like obsessed with the Elf Yourself Movement and the holiday cheer goes hard in the paint at our house! We wish everyone a wonderfully blessed holiday and all the things that really matter! Read more →
#30DaysOfHonestyWithMyself-Day 4 As you may know MUCH of why I started One Parent Wonder was to help young and/or single parents find spiritual wholeness and emotional health so they can live WONDERful lives with their children. Well, today’s confession: I haven’t arrived in that area as much as I would’ve hoped. But I’ve decided that’s ok because I… Read more →
Not too long ago I came to revolutionary conclusion that has been helping me reshape what I call normal life: I’m tired of being broke. (Deep. Right?) I’m like sick and tired. Extremely, overwhelming, inconsolably, utterly, completely tired…as hell. Like 100-hour-work-week-tired. Sleep-when-I-die-tired. On-the-highway-at-night-with-the-heat-on-tired. I-watched-the-entire-Roots-series-in-one-sitting-tired. M.A.S.H.-marathon-tired. Am I the only person who can’t stay awake during a full episode of… Read more →
So…as it turns out I ended up needing as screen test and I thought to myself, “Why not go ahead and make a video for OPW?!” I only had a few days to pull it together. Thanks to producer LaToya Yeargans I was able to pull it off and I am EXTREMELY proud of how it turned out! I hope… Read more →
I’ve told y’all before that I have some serious self-consciousness issues as a young, single mother without parents. Like all self-consciousness issues, some days I feel like I’m on top of the world: hand me a trophy, build a monument in my likeness, name a library after me because I am darn good mother. Other days I feel more like… Read more →