The 10 year challenge.

I did a 10 year challenge in 2021 after I did my big chop. I struggle. So many beautiful parts of me are in my past. Yet, so many broken, sad, and hurt parts of me are in my past and linger in the present. I seem to languish with one leg in the NOW, …

I miss you Mom….

I didn't fully appreciate her resilience, moxie, empathy, and love until I became a Mother. #MommyFab

My contribution to the ISOLATION JOURNALS

I decided to write my younger self and older self some love letters. #MommyFab

Sometimes there are bad days…

Sometimes there are bad days with Sarcoidosis, but I am still Blessed I have more good days than bad. #MommyFab

Happy Birthday Ma ❤

Today, she would have been 72. I am sharing some prose I wrote last year in celebration of her life. Today, Areather (nee' Armour) Courtenay would have been 71 years old today. I write a lot about my Mom and losing my Mom at age 21 on my blog and in cathartic posts on this …

New Year, Not New Me, New Decade, Glad I am still here.

I'm happy to be alive, writing this blog post because things could have went a lot differently. Upwards and Onwards #2020.

Yes, I’m a Mom and yes I am also a complex human being…

I'm a Mom. I get depressed. I love cheese. Large breakfast plates excite me. I ponder my existence in the aisles of Home Depot.

Hey Pretty Girl, you’re still sick…

Having an auto-immune disease really sucks. #Mommyfab

Hair, crown, beauty, #Blackness, #Afrolicious

Enjoy your thick, lush, super curly, Black American or African hair. It's #Afrolicious and amazing. ... says #MommyFab

Why do you have to dim your light for some people? Cause they are whack… that’s why!

People who try and dim your light are not worthy of you. Remember that.