I'm happy to be alive, writing this blog post because things could have went a lot differently. Upwards and Onwards #2020.
Creative Block and being a Black Mom Blogger
For the last half of the year, I've experienced a huge CREATIVE BLOCK. I've also questioned what I'm doing in the blogger-space. It happens. #MommyFab #WriterInLieu
Life isn’t coming up roses and that’s okay. That’s life.
Life isn't coming up Roses and that's okay. Indeed that is life. #MommyFab
ONE THOUSAND WORDS!
My Dad told me that "A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1,000 WORDS". I'm a word person. Words matter. Words cut. Words heal. Words hurts. Words without action though are meaningless fodder for life. I don't take pretty pictures. I take pictures of things that excite me, that interest me, that please me, that upset me, … Continue reading ONE THOUSAND WORDS!
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Do better, America. 400+ years of systemic racism is bullshit.
I miss you Cottonball.
A big chunk of my heart has been taken out and now runs with my sweet Cottonball over the Rainbow Bridge. Run free my love. #MommyFab
This Juneteenth, let’s have a wave of substance. Keep your symbolism.
Substance over symbolism. #MommyFab
Every time…
Every time a Black American is murdered by the police, I have to explain that murder to my child.
SUBSTANCE supercedes symbolism.
Just like Chauvin kept his knee on the neck of Floyd, that is symbolism for America keeping their knee on the neck of Black America.
The 29th May 2020
The silence of injustice and racism is so loud, it's like a never ending scream.
You’re over 45 and divorced. Dating is going to be like a damn circus. Face it.
The last thing I want to say is that life doesn't end after divorce, it changes radically, though. You change. Your preferences changes. What you won't and will allow will change. #MommyFab
I miss you Mom….
I didn't fully appreciate her resilience, moxie, empathy, and love until I became a Mother. #MommyFab
Dismantle systemic racism or wallow in pointless, ineffective social banter
If I reach one person that will unpack their Anti-Blackness, then that's a start. I will have paid rent for a place on the internet. #MommyFab
We are tired.
We want to exist without being exposed to racial ignorance and hate. I am tired of the shit. Leave us the f*** alone. #MommyFab
